A Dickensian mock-Gothic tale of resourceful children, evil governesses, forged wills, cruel orphanages, and goodness triumphant set against an isolated country house, in an alternate 19th century where savage packs of wolves roam the snowbound countryside.
Cast
Stephanie Beacham
Letitia Slighcarp
Mel Smith
Mr. Grimshaw
Emily Hudson
Bonnie
Aleks Darowska
Sylvia
Geraldine James
Gertrude Brisket
Richard O'Brien
James
Jane Horrocks
Pattern
Rebecca Callard
Emma
Lynton Dearden
Simon
Jonathan Coy
Lord Willoughby
Eleanor David
Lady Willoughby
Abbie Dabner
Rupert
Dilys Hamlett
Aunt Jane
Gillian Hanna
Mrs. Shubunkin
Jiří Lábus
Dr. Morne
William Martin
Joey
Trevor Byfield
Train Driver
Robert Hamilton
Coal Man
Tom Baker
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Stuart Orme
Director
William M. Akers
Writer
Joan Aiken
Novel
Martin Walsh
Editor
Bettina Woolgar
Assistant Editor
Paul Beeson
Director of Photography
Ken Shane
First Assistant Director
Jiří Ostrý
First Assistant Director
Phyllida Poltock
Second Assistant Director
Bernard Bellew
Third Assistant Director
Mirek Lux
Assistant Director
Petr Makovička
Assistant Director
Lorraine Goodman
Production Coordinator
Johana Kaplanova
Production Coordinator
Mark Forstater
Producer
Raymond Day
Associate Producer
Christopher Hobbs
Production Design
Jamie Harcourt
Camera Operator
Miroslav Čvorsjuk
Camera Operator
Sheila Trezise
Casting
Linda Alderson
Costume Coordinator
Iveta Trmalová
Wardrobe Supervisor
Olga Michálková
Costume Design
Ivana Chlostova
Hairstylist
Božena Došlá
Hairstylist
František Příhoda
Makeup Artist
Kezia De Winne
Makeup Supervisor
Timothy Vine
Sound Editor
Daryl Jordan
Assistant Sound Editor
Rupert Scrivener
Sound Mixer
Steve O'Brien
Boom Operator
Colin Towns
Original Music Composer
Graham Walker
Music Supervisor
Daniela Jenčíková
Production Accountant
Peter Bond
Dialogue Editor
Peter Dansie
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Jan Kuděla
Still Photographer
Mike Laye
Still Photographer
Petr Svoboda
Electrician
Karel Kočí
Property Master
Eva Heyworth
Translator
Andrea Fontaine
Continuity
Laurie Shane
Gaffer
Jaroslav Novák
Gaffer
Jan Balzer
Production Manager
John Fletcher
Focus Puller
Allan Wilson
Conductor
Karel Černý
Art Direction
