Overview

A faithful dramatization of Virginia Woolf's novel. A lecturer, his family, the spinster Aunt Lily, an old friend, and a student, Charles Tansley, spend a summer in an isolated house in Cornwall just before World War I. The stern Mr. Ramsay scolds everybody, while Mrs. Ramsay is the linchpin in keeping the family together. Aunt Lily paints, and the family talk about sailing to the lighthouse, but the trip is always postponed.

Cast

Rosemary Harris, Michael Gough, Suzanne Bertish, Lynsey Baxter, Pippa Guard, Kenneth Branagh, T. P. McKenna, Nicholas Gecks

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What is "To the Lighthouse" about?

A faithful dramatization of Virginia Woolf's novel. A lecturer, his family, the spinster Aunt Lily, an old friend, and a student, Charles Tansley, spend a summer in an isolated house in Cornwall just before World War I. The stern Mr. Ramsay scolds everybody, while Mrs. Ramsay is the linchpin in keeping the family together. Aunt Lily paints, and the family talk about sailing to the lighthouse, but the trip is always postponed.

When was "To the Lighthouse" released?

To the Lighthouse was released in 1983.

Who stars in "To the Lighthouse"?

The cast includes Rosemary Harris, Michael Gough, Suzanne Bertish, Lynsey Baxter.