Rebecca's Daughters

1992 British film

5 March 1992 (1992-03-05)

Running time

95 minutesCountriesUnited Kingdom
GermanyLanguageEnglish

Rebecca's Daughters is a 1992 Welsh and German comedy adventure film about the Rebecca Riots, directed by Karl Francis.^[1]

The film was based on a story by Dylan Thomas.^[2] The screenplay was originally written in 1948 by Thomas, and was published in book form;^[3] 44 years elapsed before it was finally made into a film, which is the longest period of this kind on record. There is some evidence that Thomas' screenplay was derived in part from the riots that occurred in the village of Pontarddulais in south Wales.^[4]

Cast

Peter O'Toole as Lord Sarn
Joely Richardson as Rhiannon
Paul Rhys as Anthony Raine
Ray Gravell as Jonah

References

^ Huw David Jones (2014). The Media in Europe's Small Nations. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4438-6279-0.
^ Sight and Sound. British Film Institute. 1994. p. 24.
^ Best Sellers: From the U.S. Government Printing Office. The Office. 1966. p. 79.
^ Deric M. John and David N. Thomas (2010) From Fountain to River: Dylan Thomas and Pontardulais in Cambria, Winter and online at Cambria