Plot
Adaptation of the Balzac novel. A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.
Cast
Helen Mirren
as Valerie
Colin Baker
as Count Wenceslas Steinbock
Thorley Walters
as Baron Hector Hulot
Ursula Howells
as Adeline
John Bryans
as Crevel
Harriet Harper
as Hortense
Edward de Souza
as Henri Montes
Esmond Knight
as General Hulot
Margaret Tyzack
as Cousin Bette
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
August 7, 1971
Last Aired Date
September 4, 1971
Production Companies
BBC
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
5
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