Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

1978 · 54 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary, Drama

Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the poems of love and remorse that he wrote after the death of his first wife, Emma.

Directed by Tristram Powell · Written by Tristram Powell

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