Movie
The Edge of Love
Overview
When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn between the open adoration of her new found beau and the wily charms of the exotic Welshman.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-06-20
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC Film, Capitol Films, Prescience Film Fund, Hindsight Media, Rainy Day Films, Wales Creative IP Fund, Sarah Radclyffe Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Keira Knightley as Vera Phillips
- Sienna Miller as Caitlin MacNamara
- Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas
- Cillian Murphy as William Killick
- Lisa Stansfield as Ruth Williams
- Richard Dillane as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
- Anne Lambton as Anita Shenkin
- Alastair Mackenzie as Anthony Devas
- Camilla Rutherford as Nicolette
- Richard Clifford as Alistair Graham
- Paul Brooke as Mr. Justice Singleton
- Simon Kassianides as Partisan
Crew
- John Maybury - Director
- Sharman Macdonald - Screenplay
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