The Greengage Summer DVD, 1961

aka Loss of Innocence

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MovieMail's Review

Many of Rumer Godden’s novels have been adapted for the big screen, most famously Black Narcissus and The River. Now, the excellent, previously unavailable The Greengage Summer can join their estimable company on DVD. Like much of Godden’s work, it portrays the sexual awakening of a British girl in a foreign land (it was retitled Loss of Innocence in the US).

Susannah York plays Joss, a sixteen year-old who looks after her younger siblings in a French hotel while her mother recuperates in hospital. Here she meets a suave Englishman (Kenneth More), who takes her under his wing to the disapproval of the proprietress (a superb Danielle Darrieux).

Épernay, in France’s Champagne country, is lavishly photographed by Freddie Young, and the film launched the careers of both York and Jane Asher as her sister. York is particularly strong. More, who said this was his favourite of his films, suggests a dark side to the male protagonist which is gradually revealed as the picture develops to its tense conclusion.

Alex Davidson on 26th August 2009
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Film Information

Director - Lewis Gilbert

Produced - 1961

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - British Film

Cast - Kenneth More, Susannah York, Jane Asher, Danielle Darrieux

DVD Details

Film Description

Susannah York plays a sixteen-year-old girl who takes charge of her two younger sisters and brother when they are forced to fend for themselves in France after their mother is taken suddenly ill and rushed to hospital. Kenneth More's enigmatic Englishman comes to her aid however - much to the chagrin of his increasingly jealous mistress (Danielle Darrieux).

Related Genres

• Classic Drama Movies
• Classic British Film

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