Project Detail

The Scarlet Tunic

The Scarlet Tunic

Synopsis

In nineteenth century rural England, a German hussar serving with King George III's personal cavalry, Matthaus Singer, falls madly in love with Frances Groves, the only daughter of a West Country solicitor.
Based on the short story 'The Melancholy Hussar' by Thomas Hardy

Details

Year
1998
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Format
35mm
Director
Stuart St Paul 1st Feature
Producer
Zygi Kamasa
Co-Producer
Daniel Figuero, Philip Keenan
Executive Producer
Tom McCabe
Editor
Don Fairservice
Screenwriter
Colin Clements (Writer), Mark Jenkins (Writer), Stuart St Paul (Writer), Thomas Hardy (based on a short story by)
Director of Photography
Malcolm McLean
Production Designer
Richard Elton
Sound
Ian Tapp
Composer
John Scott
Principal cast
Jean-Marc Barr, Simon Callow, Lynda Bellingham, Laura Aikman, Emma Fielding, John Sessions

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Scorpio Productions

Stuart Aikman St Paul

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