Rent Cousin Bette: Series (1971)
4.1 of 5 from 49 ratings
3h 40min
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- Synopsis:
- Cousin Bette is a poor spinster and a frequent, welcome visitor at her cousin, Baron Hulot's household. Baron Hulot's daughter, Hortense teases Bette about her "lover", the sculptor, Count Steinbock, who lives above Bette's apartment and who Bette rescued from suicide. Bette treats Steinbock maternally but loves him with a jealous affection and has also invested in him financially. When Bette hears Hortense is engaged to Steinbock she feels betrayed and furious. She resolves to destroy the entire Hulot family with the aid of her neighbour, Madame Valerie Marneffe. Together they wreak vengeance using Valerie's beauty and Bette's wily brain.
- Actors:
- Helen Mirren, Thorley Walters, Colin Baker, Margaret Tyzack, Sally James, Ursula Howells, Janet Key, John Bryans, Ericka Crowne, Davyd Harries, Harriet Harper, Edward de Souza, Margaret Boyd, David Garth, Vanessa Riches, Keith Campbell, Raymond Witch, Bella Emberg, Mary Healey
- Directors:
- Gareth Davies
- Producers:
- Martin Lisemore
- Writers:
- Ray Lawler, Honoré de Balzac
- Studio:
- Acorn Media
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas
- Collections:
- A Brief History of French Poetic Realism, Getting to Know: Helen Mirren
