Langrishe, Go Down
Langrishe, Go Down

Langrishe, Go Down (1978)


Langrishe, Go Down

Langrishe, Go Down (1978)

Channel BBC Two
Broadcast Date 20 September 1978
Broadcast time
Length (minutes) 105
Black and White No
Series Play of the Week
Episode 1
Broadcast Notes

UK 20 September 1978;
USA 17 July 2002 (New York City, New York).

Description Adapted by Harold Pinter from the novel by Aidan Higgins. In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run-down family estate in Ireland. Otto Beck, a perpetual graduate student from Bavaria with a habit of making pompous declamations, rents the back lodge to work on his esoteric thesis. Imogen Langrishe, the least repressed of the sisters, begins an affair with Otto. Imogen takes the love affair seriously, but Otto just enjoys the cheap lodging and the comfort of Imogen.
Language English

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

David Jones (1934 - 2008)

Creative | Director


Aidan Higgins (1927 - 2015)

Creative | Author (original novel)


Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Screenplay


Max Rosenberg (1914 - 2004)

Production | Executive Producer


Carl Davis (1936)

Orchestrator | Music


Elmer Cossey

Creative | Cinematography


Chris Wimble

Creative | Film Editor


Roger Murray-Leach

Creative | Production Designer


Colin Lavers

Creative | Costume Designer


Elizabeth Moss

Creative | Makeup Artist


Elizabeth Small

Production | Unit production manager

As Liz Small.


Graham Hare

Technical | Sound Recordist


Raymond Day

Technical | Production Assistant


Stuart Griffiths

Creative | Script Editor


Anthony Wornum

Technical | Boom operator

Uncredited.


Michael Jackley

Technical | Production Assistant


Victor Glynn

Technical | Trainee

Uncredited.


Linked Organisations

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Cultural Institution | Est. 1922)

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Production Company | Est. Unknown)

Characters

Imogen Langrishe (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Judi Dench (1934)

Otto Beck (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jeremy Irons (1948)

Helen Langrishe (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Annette Crosbie (1934)

Lily Langrishe (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Susan Williamson

Maureen Layde (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Margaret Whiting (1933)

Barry Shannon (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

First Man on Bus (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: John Molloy

Second Man on Bus (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Niall O'Brien (1946 - 2009)

Joseph Feeney (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Arthur O'Sullivan (1912 - 1981)

Priest (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Michael O'Brian

Mr Langrishe (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Liam O'Callaghan

Mrs Langrishe (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Joan O'Hara (1930 - 2007)

Linked Awards

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Resources

A. O. Scott, 'A Foolish Affair in a Frustrated Life', The New York Times, 17 July 2002 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/17/movies/film-review-a-foolish-affair-in-a-frustrated-life.html

Sources

IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077830/?ref_=tt_trv_cnn

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BFI Online

https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b737399dc

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