
Ryan's Daughter
Ryan's Daughter is a 1970 British epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean. The film, set in August 1917–January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British officer during World War I, despite moral and political opposition from her nationalist neighbours; it stars Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, John Mills, Christopher Jones, Trevor Howard and Leo McKern. The film is a re-telling of the plot of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary.
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author | Robert Bolt |
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award | Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
contentLocation | Ireland |
director | David Lean |
editor | Norman Savage |
events | Irish Republican Army |
genre | drama historical political |
musicBy | Maurice Jarre |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
producer | Anthony Havelock-Allan |
productionCompany | Faraway Productions |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
theme | epic romantic drama |