Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic results for all four.

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Cast

Alan Bates

Rupert Birkin

Oliver Reed

Gerald Crich

Glenda Jackson

Gudrun Brangwen

Jennie Linden

Ursula Brangwen

Eleanor Bron

Hermione Roddice

Alan Webb

Thomas Crich

Vladek Sheybal

Loerke

Catherine Willmer

Mrs. Crich

Phoebe Nicholls

Winifred Crich

Sharon Gurney

Laura Crich

Alan Bates — Rupert Birkin

Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children’s story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving. He is also known for his tour-de-force with Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek,

Oliver Reed — Gerald Crich

Robert Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the 1968 Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1

Glenda Jackson — Gudrun Brangwen

Glenda May Jackson CBE (9 May 1936, Birkenhead, Cheshire – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. She was one of the few artists to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. She was made a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1978.