JUDE THE OBSCURE

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• Release Year: 1971
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: This dramatization originally aired on Masterpiece Theater and beautifully captures the tensions and agonies of Thomas Hardy's tragic final novel.; ; ; Credits ; Cast: Daphne Heard, John Franklyn-Robbins, Robert Powell ; ; Robert Powell stars as Jude Fawley in this faithful and uncompromising BBC adaption of one of Thomas Hardy's most bitter and controversial novels.; ; Born into poverty, yong Jude refuses to accept his lot in life. He dreams of the nearby spires of Christminster and longs to attend its great universities to better himself. But Victorian England is a society in which everyone has their place - and Jude's place is to work as a stone carver. As one by one his dreams are shattered, Jude lashes out at the world around him and soon his life begins its descent into tragedy.
• Cast: Robert Powell, Fiona Walker, John Franklyn-Robbins, Daphne Heard, Alex Marshall, Gwen Nelson, Sylvia Coleridge, Michael Golden, Arnold Peters, Gary Rich, Michael Rothwell, Christopher Hodge
• Runtime: 4:30
• Company: BBC
• Media Format: Movie