The Virgin and the Gypsy 1970
"The minister's daughter. Her father taught her about God. The gypsy taught her about Heaven."
Overview
Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is linked with the consummation of her desire.
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast
Joanna Shimkus
Yvette
Franco Nero
The gypsy
Honor Blackman
Mrs. Fawcett
Mark Burns
Major Eastwood
Fay Compton
Grandma
Maurice Denham
The Rector
Kay Walsh
Aunt Cissie
Imogen Hassall
The Gypsy's Wife
Harriet Harper
Lucille
Norman Bird
Uncle Fred