Agnieszka Holland
Author of The Secret Garden [1993 film]
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Works by Agnieszka Holland
4 Film Favorites: Children's Fantasy (5 Children and It / The Neverending Story / The Secret Garden ∙ The Witches) (2007) — Director — 11 copies
Mr. Jones [2019 film] — Director — 6 copies
Angry Harvest [1985 film] 5 copies
Charlatan 3 copies
Double Feature DVD: The Secret Garden [and] Black Beauty — Director — 2 copies
A Girl Like Me 2 copies
L'Ombre De Staline 2 copies
Burning Bush 1 copy
Goraczka Fever {1981} 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1948-11-28
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupations
- film director
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The Secret Garden [DVD] by Kate Maberly
Charming, emotional, honest; wonderful performances by all the kid actors. A childhood favorite unsullied by cuteness, visually lovely.
Two of Frances Hodgson Burnett's most treasured children's novels come to the screen in wondrous adaptations:
A Little Princess is the magical story of a girl who uses her powers of imagination and zest for life to overcome hardships at a stern boarding school.
Three lonely children are forever changed as they learn to trust each other while restoring and taking refuge in The Secret Garden.
A Little Princess is the magical story of a girl who uses her powers of imagination and zest for life to overcome hardships at a stern boarding school.
Three lonely children are forever changed as they learn to trust each other while restoring and taking refuge in The Secret Garden.
I loved this film, based on the novel of the same name by Henry James. A classic film titled The Heiress starring Olivia de Haviland was based on the same material, and the highest compliment I can pay to the film Washington Square and Jennifer Jason Leigh in Haviland's role is that I refuse to choose between them. Its hard for me to put my finger on the differences (Leigh's Catherine a bit more gauche I think), yet both seem distinct, yet both true to the original source. And both are very watchable and memorable.… (more)
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