The Virgin and the Gypsy
Drama
Romance
The minister's daughter. Her father taught her about God. The gypsy taught her about Heaven.
Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is linked with the consummation of her desire.
1970-06-01
en
Cast
Director
Christopher Miles
Joanna Shimkus as Yvette
Franco Nero as The gypsy
Honor Blackman as Mrs. Fawcett
Mark Burns as Major Eastwood
Fay Compton as Grandma
Maurice Denham as The Rector
Kay Walsh as Aunt Cissie
Imogen Hassall as The Gypsy's Wife
Norman Bird as Uncle Fred
Jeremy Bulloch as Leo
Jan Chappell as Mary
Margaret Rutherford as Grandma (scenes deleted)