A Month in the Country

A Month in the Country

96 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 4, 1987

A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.

A Month in the Country

96 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 4, 1987

A Month in the Country
A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Euston Films Limited, Film4 Productions, PFH Entertainment
Original title A Month in the Country
Directors Pat O'Connor
Writers JL Carr, Simon Gray

Cast

Colin Firth

as Tom Birkin

Kenneth Branagh

as James Soon

Natasha Richardson

as Alice Keach

Patrick Malahide

as Reverend Keach

Jim Carter

as Ellerbeck

Richard Vernon

as Colonel Hebron

Tony Haygarth

as Douthwaite

Tim Barker

as Mossop

Eileen O'Brien

as Mrs Ellerbeck

Vicki Arundale

as Kathy

Martin O'Neil

as Edgar

Elizabeth Anson

as Lucy Sykes

Barbara Marten

as Mrs Sykes

Ken Kitson

as Mr Sykes

Judy Gridley

as Mrs Clough

Lisa Taylor

as Emily Clough

Andrew Wilde

as Shop Assistant

David Gillies

as Milburn

John Atkinson

as Old Man on Train

David Garth

as Old Birkin