The Winter's Tale

About The Winter's Tale

The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend.

Jane Howell's The Winter's Tale is a 1981 romance tv movie film. The film is filed under winter and based on play or musical.

Jeremy Kemp takes the lead as Leontes, Robert Stephens as Polixenes, Anna Calder-Marshall as Hermione, and Margaret Tyzack as Paulina. Released in February 1981, it runs 173 minutes.

The story is adapted from a stage production. In the United States it streams on Britbox Apple TV channel.

The Winter Guest and The Snow Queen make useful companions to The Winter's Tale.