It's a special garden where friendships blossom, illnesses fade away and sorrows flee. There, troubled orphan Mary (Kate Maberly), her spoiled, sickly cousin Colin (Heydon Prowse) and kindly country boy Dickon (Andrew Knott) discover that a world of caring can make a world of difference. Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic story blooms anew in this enchanting new version lovingly adapted by Caroline Thompson and directed by Agnieszka Holland, also starring Maggie Smith and John Lynch "If you look the right way" Mary says, "you can see the whole world is a garden."
Kate Maberly (Mary Lennox); Heydon Prowse (Colin Craven); Andrew Knott (Dickon); Maggie Smith (Mrs. Medlock); Laura Crossley (Martha); John Lynch (Lord Archibald Craven); Walter Sparrow (Ben Weatherstaff); Irène Jacob (Mrs. Lennox / Lilias Craven); Frank Baker (Government official); Valerie Hill (Cook); Andrea Pickering (Betty Butterworth); Peter Moreton (Will); Arthur Spreckley (John); Colin Bruce (Maj. Lennox); Parsan Singh (Mary's ayah). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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