The Virgin and the Gypsy
- Original title
- The Virgin and the Gypsy
- Year
- 1970
- Running time
- 95 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Alan Plater. Novel: D.H. Lawrence
- Cast
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- Joanna Shimkus
- Franco Nero
- Honor Blackman
- Mark Burns
- Kay Walsh
- Maurice Denham
- Fay Compton
- Imogen Hassall
- Harriet Harper
- Norman Bird
- Roy Holder
- Jeremy Bulloch
- Jan Chappell
- Helen Booth
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Romance | Romantic Drama
- Movie Groups
- D. H. Lawrence Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is linked with the consummation of her desire.
- Awards
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1970: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Picture in English1970: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection (Out of Competition)1970: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.
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