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Priest of Love

He was D.H. Lawrence. She was his Lady Chatterly. Their extraordinary romance was more tempestuous than any he wrote.
Oct 11, 1981 · 1h 38m
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Romance

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Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

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CAST

Ian McKellen
D.H. Lawrence
Janet Suzman
Frieda Lawrence
Ava Gardner
Mabel Dodge Luhan
Penelope Keith
Dorothy Brett
Maurizio Merli
Angelo Ravagli
John Gielgud
Herbert G. Muskett
Jorge Rivero
Tony Luhan
James Faulkner
Aldous Huxley
Directed by Christopher Miles

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Viscount, Milesian Films
Country
GB

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