St. Ives | |
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Genre | Costume drama |
Based on |
St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Screenplay by | Allan Cubitt |
Directed by | Harry Hook |
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Theme music composer | John E. Keane |
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Original language(s) | English |
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Cinematography | Robert Alazraki |
Editor(s) | John MacDonnell |
Running time | 83 minutes |
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Distributor | BBC Films |
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St. Ives (released under the name All for Love in the UK) is a 1998 television film based on the unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name. The film stars Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel, Richard E. Grant and Jean-Marc Barr.
A dashing French Army officer, capitaine Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves, is captured by the British during the Napoleonic Wars and sent to a Scottish prison camp. There he falls for a local girl, befriends the commanding officer, and discovers a surprising secret about his long-lost grandfather.