The Romantic Englishwoman

The Romantic Englishwoman

The conflict of a love triangle

R 1975 · 116 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama, Comedy

A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return with another man, through whom the writer is going to overcome his writer's block.

Directed by Joseph Losey · Written by Thomas Wiseman

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