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Anchoress

"Ecstasy and orthodoxy in the 14th century!"

A 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.

Top Cast

  • Natalie Morse

    Natalie Morse

    Christine Carpenter

  • Gene Bervoets

    Gene Bervoets

    Reeve

  • Toyah Willcox

    Toyah Willcox

    Pauline Carpenter

  • Pete Postlethwaite

    Pete Postlethwaite

    William Carpenter

  • Christopher Eccleston

    Christopher Eccleston

    Priest

  • Michaël Pas

    Michaël Pas

    Drover

  • Julie T. Wallace

    Julie T. Wallace

    Bertha

  • Annette Badland

    Annette Badland

    Mary

  • Brenda Bertin

    Brenda Bertin

    Meg Carpenter

Overview

A 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.

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