The Turn of the Screw

About The Turn of the Screw

In Benjamin Britten's operatic adaptation of Henry James' masterwork, a naive governess (Helen Field) arrives at a country manor and soon discovers that it holds a murky secret involving her charges and two ghostly servants who wield a sinister influence on them. The taut, atmospheric production also stars Sam Linay, Machiko Obata, Menai Davies and Phyllis Cannan, with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony…

Claus Viller's The Turn of the Screw is a 1990 music film. Released in January 1990, it runs 108 minutes.

Its themes are opera, ghosts, and britten.

Helen Field takes the lead as Governess, Menai Davies as Mrs. Grose, Richard Greager as Quint, and Phyllis Cannan as Miss Jessel. The screenplay is by Henry James and Myfanwy Piper. It streams on Stingray Classica Amazon Channel in the United States.