''The Winter's Tale'' is a 1967 British TV film based on ''

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'' by

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. Directed by Frank Dunlop, it stars

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and

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. It was produced by

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and filmed in 1966. It was adapted from a popular stage production at the

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which had a successful transfer to London. The movie was distributed on the US college circuit in 1967. It got a cinema release in the UK in 1968."Winter's Tale", ''The New Statesman''; London Vol. 75, (Jan 1, 1968): 739.

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, in an uncredited role, made his film debut in the film.

Cast

as King Leontes *

as Perdita * Diana Churchill as Paulina * Moira Redmond as Hermione *

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as Autolycus * Esmond Knight as Camillo

References

External links

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''The Winter's Tale''
at British Lion
''The Winter's Tale''
at BFI

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