The Winter's Tale (1967) - The A.V. Club
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The Winter's Tale

1967
2h 30m
Drama
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Cast

Laurence Harvey (King Leontes)Jane Asher (Perdita)Diana Churchill (Paulina)Moira Redmond (Hermione)Jim Dale (Autolycus)Esmond Knight (Camillo)Richard Gale (Polixenes)David Weston (Florizel)John Gray (Clown)Edward Jewesbury (Shepherd)

Director

Frank Dunlop

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Synopsis

King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life.

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