Secret Places | |
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Directed by | Zelda Barron |
Written by | Zelda Barron |
Based on | novel by Janice Elliott |
Produced by | Simon Relph Ann Skinner Al Clark |
Starring | Marie Theres Relin Tara MacGowran Claudine Auger Jenny Agutter |
Cinematography | Peter MacDonald |
Edited by | Laurence Méry-Clarl |
Music by | Michel Legrand |
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Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors Ltd |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £1.25 million [1] |
Secret Places is a 1984 British drama film directed by Zelda Barron and starring Marie Theres Relin, Tara MacGowran, Claudine Auger and Jenny Agutter. [2] It was based on a novel by Janice Elliott. It was one of the most popular films shown at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival. [3]
The film, which takes place during the Second World War, tells the story of a German refugee girl sent to an English boarding school, where she bonds with an English girl.
Zelda Barron was a top script supervisor and production assistant who had worked on movies such as Reds and Yentl. She formed a company, Skreba Productions, which she co-founded with Simon Relph and Ann Skinner, using the first two letters of their surnames for the title. After making Return of the Soldier, they optioned a novel, Secret Places by Janice Elliot and Barron wrote the script. [4]
Initial development funds were provided by Virgin Films. The budget was raised by the National Film Finance Corporation, Rank, and Rediffusion. Filming started August 1983. [1] [5]