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Synopsis
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.
Mark Rylance
Cast
Kristin Scott Thomas
Cast
Patsy Kensit
Cast
Jeremy Kemp
Cast
Douglas Henshall
Cast
Annette Badland
Cast
Chris Larkin
Cast
Anna Massey
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Saskia Wickham
Cast
Paul Ready
Cast
Philip Haas
Director
Belinda Haas
Writer
Philip Haas
Writer
A.S. Byatt
Writer

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