Uncle Silas (TV series)

Uncle Silas
Genre	Drama
Based on	Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu
Written by	Herbert Asmodi
Directed by	Wilhelm Semmelroth
Starring	Hannes Messemer Cornelia Köndgen
Composer	Hans Jönsson
Country of origin	West Germany
Original language	German
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Producer	Gunther Witte
Running time	75 minutes
Production company	Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Original release
Network	ARD
Release	26 June (1977-06-26) – 28 June 1977 (1977-06-28)

Uncle Silas (German: Onkel Silas) is a West German period television drama series which first aired on ARD in 1977. ^[1] It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Sheridan Le Fanu.

Cast

• Hannes Messemer as Onkel Silas
• Cornelia Köndgen as Maud
• Gerlinde Döberl as Milly
• Giovanni Früh as Dudley
• Dagmar Altrichter as Lady Nollys
• Ellen Schwiers as Madame Rougierre
• Rainer Rudolph as Captain Oakley
• Hans Jaray as Anwalt Brenton
• Alfons Höckmann as Anwalt Sleight
• Wolfgang Unterzaucher as Pfarrer Bowland
• Stephan Schwartz  [ de ] as Tom
• Johannes Buzalski as Torfstecher Hawkes
• Katerina Jacob as Meg Hawkes
• Elisabeth Endriss as Sarah

References

1. Hickethier p.128

Bibliography

• Knut Hickethier. Das Fernsehspiel der Bundesrepublik: Themen, Form, Struktur, Theorie und Geschichte; 1951-1977. Metzler, 1980.

External links

• Uncle Silas at IMDb