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Bequest to the Nation is a British film of genre Drama directed by James Cellan Jones released in USA on 18 april 1973 with Glenda Jackson

Bequest to the Nation (1973)

Bequest to the Nation
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Released in USA 18 april 1973
Length 1h58
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Historical
Rating62% 3.143753.143753.143753.143753.14375

Bequest to the Nation is a 1973 British historical drama film directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston and Margaret Leighton. It is based on the 1970 Terence Rattigan play A Bequest to the Nation. The film depicts the relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars plus others they would meet, including Nelson's nephew: the story takes place before Nelson's heading out to sea for the battle of Trafalgar. In the United States, it was released as The Nelson Affair.

Synopsis

Il s'agit d'un film historique relatant les relations entre l'amiral Nelson et Lady Hamilton durant les guerres napoléoniennes.

Actors

Glenda Jackson

(Lady Hamilton)Peter Finch

(Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson)Michael Jayston

(Capt. Hardy)Anthony Quayle

(Lord Minto)Margaret Leighton

(Lady Frances Nelson)
And :
Dominic Guard
Nigel Stock
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Roland Culver
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