Search - Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe on DVD

Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 04/17/2007 Format: DVD - Color Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: BBC Warner Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Drama, Melodrama

This TV adaptation of George Elliot's 1861 novel Silas Marner was one of the rare single-episode presentations of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre. Ben Kingsley plays Silas Marner, who after being falsely accused of a crime and banished from his own town, becomes a miserly recluse in the small British community of Raveloe. When his precious cache of money is stolen by the town wastrel (Jonathan Coy) Silas can see no reason for going on with life. He is transformed from misanthrope to rehabilitated human being through the love of Eppie, an orphaned child left in his care. Patsy Kensit is featured as the grown-up Eppie. Originally taped in 1985 for the BBC, Silas Marner was first shown in the US on March 15, 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Ben Kingsley - Silas Marner
Jenny Agutter - Nancy Lammeter
Patrick Ryecart - Godfrey Cass
Jonathan Coy - Dunstan Cass
Freddie Jones - Squire Cass