Miss Austen Regrets

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Movie
German title Miss Austen Regrets
Original title Miss Austen Regrets
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 85 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Jeremy Lovering
script Gwyneth Hughes
production Anne Pivcevic
Jamie Laurenson
music Jennie Muskett
camera David Katznelson
cut Luke Dunkley
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Miss Austen Regrets is a 2008 British biography about Jane Austen . The screenplay was written by Gwyneth Hughes , based on Jane Austen's letters and diaries, directed by Jeremy Lovering and starring Olivia Williams and Hugh Bonneville . Unlike the 2007 film adaptation of Beloved Jane , which focuses on her young years and her first steps as a writer, this BBC- produced television film treats her time as a 40-year-old single woman who has already published her first three novels would have.

In the USA the film was first broadcast on February 3rd, 2008 by the station PBS , in Great Britain the BBC 1 broadcast it on April 27th, 2008, and in Germany it was shown as a two-parter under the name Miss Austen Regrets - The love of her life on the Pay TV broadcaster RTL Passion on August 12, 2010.

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The successful writer Jane Austen, who has already published her novels Mind and Emotion , Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park , is now almost 40 years old but lives unmarried with her mother and older sister in a small cottage in Hampshire. Her niece Fanny, who recently lost her mother, asks her to come to Kent to help her find a husband, as Jane has become a specialist in love through her books. The reunion with her former suitor, Reverend Brook Bridges, and the confusion about her niece Fanny make Jane realize that she has not found the right one either.

She wants to devote more of her time to her career and earn a living by writing, to the displeasure of her brothers, who do not see it as proper. In London, negotiations with her publisher about her new novel Emma seem unsuccessful until the doctor Dr. Charles Haden can arrange a contact with the Crown Prince. She can only finish her next book Persuasion with difficulty because she soon becomes seriously ill.

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Manydown House 1802
When Jane and Cassandra Austen stay with their friends, the Bigg family, the eldest son, Mr Harris Bigg, surprisingly asked for Jane's hand. At first, completely overwhelmed, she agrees, but after a long talk with her sister she revokes her promise the next morning and they leave in a hurry.
12 years later - Hampshire
At the wedding of her niece Anna Austen, Jane meets her other niece Fanny Knight after a long time, who is now of marriageable age and only knows what to tell about her admirer. As Fanny tries to get advice from her famous aunt, Jane tries to give her a taste of her flirtatious skills, but Father Papillon is so embarrassed that her older sister Cassandra has to intervene.
Fanny persuades her father to invite Aunt Jane over to her house because she wants to introduce her to Mr Plumptre and ask her advice on whether she should consider marrying him. On the drive to Kent, Jane is asked by her brother Edward to give thoughtful advice in place of the recently deceased mother Fanny.
On Godmersham - Knights Estate
Fanny's admirer is immediately invited to Edward's estate, but soon there is only one topic of conversation: Miss Austen's previously published books. The deeply pious Mr Plumptre cannot approve of the fact that the pastor figures are portrayed in such a ridiculous manner.
The next day, Jane meets a former close friend and admirer, Reverend Brook Bridges, who is visiting his home for a few days while his sick wife is on cure. He is also invited to the evening and dance party, but the MP, Mr Lushington, takes Jane alone because he is a deep admirer of her works, Mind and Emotion , Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park . In the process, she reveals her plan to publish another book called Emma . Late at night, tipsy, she walks around the garden with her niece, and they watch the men playing cards through the window. Reverend Bridges, of all people, discovers the two and has to reprimand Jane for their unseemly behavior.
When Jane told her brother a few days later that she was having problems with her publisher, Mr. Edgerton, because he didn't want to pay her enough for the new novel Emma , Edward replied that she shouldn't have a job as a woman because she only got her pride still no husband at forty. He also shares his worries with her because he is threatened with losing half of his property due to an inheritance lawsuit. H. also the property in Hampshire.
Instead of finding relaxation in the park, events there too precipitate. First she meets Reverend Bridges, who expresses his great regret that no marital relationship was established at the time, because he would have liked to look after her and her family and even help her write her novels. Shortly afterwards, she has to listen to accusations from her niece Fanny, because Mr Plumptre lost his courage to propose marriage at the last moment. Jane also fails to reassure her with comforting words and stories about her own failed romance with Tom Lefroy.
Faced with the threat to her existence, Jane decides not to grapple with her fate, but to work even more resolutely on her new novel with the heroine Anne Elliot in order to counteract her financial dependence on her brother.
London 1815
In London she visits her other brother, the banker Henry Austen, in order with his help to negotiate an advantageous contract for Emma's appearance . The publisher John Murray, on the other hand, stipulates that all of her books must be paid for at a flat rate of £ 450, which Jane will not accept.
When Henry becomes seriously ill, Dr. Charles Haden made regular visits to treat him. He reveals himself to be a sincere admirer of Miss Austen's novels and does not miss an opportunity to exchange his views with her. Jane feels very flattered by these many attentions.
He arranges an invitation from the Prince Regent through one of his colleagues, who also appreciates her as an excellent writer. Despite her personal reservations, she accepts them in order to have a better basis for negotiations with the publisher. In the palace of the Prince Regent, however, she is only received by his librarian James Stanley Clarke, who proposes to Miss Austen that a dedication for the Prince Regent be included in her new novel.
The dinner turns into a solemn round, as not only the invited Dr. Haden, but also the surprisingly arrived Fanny is a guest. As the evening progressed, Jane had to realize that her niece's charm and youthful charm were more engaging than her wit and esprit. At night, when Jane cannot sleep, she meets Madame Bigeon, the French housekeeper, by the fireplace. She tells her about the great success and popularity of the newly published novel Raison et Sentiments ( Mind and Emotion ) in France.
Hampshire 1817
The Austen family comes together again on the occasion of Anna Lefroy's first daughter's baptism. The family idyll does not last long. On the one hand, Fanny continues to hold against her aunt for having ridiculed Mr Plumptre and thus thwarted a marriage proposal. Henry, on the other hand, claims that he is bankrupt and that Edward, who has guaranteed over £ 20,000, will be damaged as a result. Enraged by this misfortune, Mrs. Austen takes out her anger on Jane. She accuses her of failing to take advantage of the excellent opportunity to be financially secure at the time and thus being responsible for the poor existence of her mother and sister.
Jane finds it increasingly difficult to finish her novel Persuasion as she struggles against the symptoms of a serious illness. Nevertheless, she has decided to make a financial contribution for Cassandra and her mother. As Jane becomes more and more sickly and weak, she moves to Winchester on the advice of the doctor.
Kent 1820
Three years after Jane Austen's death, Fanny marries the widower with six children, as her aunt used to joke. During an evening conversation, Cassandra admits how much she misses her sister. To keep her in venerable memory, she decides to burn some intimate letters from Jane.

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role Connection / profession actor German dubbing voice
Jane Austen Writer Olivia Williams Katrin Decker
Cassandra Austen Jane's older sister Greta Scacchi Traudel Sparrowhawk
Mrs. Austen Jane's widowed mother Phyllida Law Marianne Bernhardt
Fanny Knight Jane's niece, Edward's daughter Imogen Poots Katharina von Keller
Edward Austen-Knight Jane's older brother, landowner Pip Torrens Wolf Frass
Henry Austen Jane's brother, banker Adrian Edmondson Volker Hanisch
Brook Bridges Jane's former suitor, Reverend Hugh Bonneville Gerhard Hinze
Mr. John Plumptre Fanny's admirer, budding lawyer Tom Hiddleston Patrick Bach
Mr. Lushington MP Jane's admirers in Godmersham, MP Tom Goodman-Hill
Charles Haden Jane's acquaintance in London, doctor Jack Huston Robert Kotulla
Harris Bigg Jane's fiance for a day, heir to Manydown Park Samuel Roukin
Charles Papillon Pastor in Ashe Harry Gostelow
Anna Lefroy Jane's cousin in Ashe Sally Tatum
Madame Bigeon Henry Austen's housekeeper Sylvie Herbert Isabella Grothe
Reverend Clarke Librarian to the Crown Prince Jason Watkins

Locations

Chenies Manor House.

This mansion is a listed building and is a popular location for historical and literary films. The exterior shots of Jane Austen's home, the Chawton House, were filmed here. The scenes of Anne Lefroy's wedding and the baptism of Anne Lefroy's daughter were filmed in and in front of the church on the same property.

The well-known open-air festival of the Chiltern Shakespeare Company takes place here in the spring and summer months . For the film, this stately mansion with its large park was the Godmersham estate of Jane Austen's brother Edward.

This palace in the classical style has served as a location for many film and television productions. In Miss Austen Regrets , it represents the Prince Regent's London estate where she is received by his librarian.

criticism

The lexicon of international films ruled that the film was a "lovingly staged and convincingly played film" .

Awards

  • 2009: British Academy Television Award in the Best Make Up & Hair Design category for Christine Walmesley-Cotham
  • 2008: WGGB Award (Writers' Guild of Great Britain) in the Short Form TV Drama category for Gwyneth Hughes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fernsehserien.de: Miss Austen Regrets - The love of your life , accessed on March 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ moviepilot.de: Miss Austen Regrets
  3. ↑ Miss Austen Regrets. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on April 16, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Miss Austen Regrets. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 

Web links

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