That Forsyte Woman

That Forsyte Woman

This is the story of that Forsyte woman and the men who were such fools about her.

NR 1949 · 113 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Romance

Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who ran away with the maid after his wife's death. Teenager June Forsyte has found love with an artist, Phillip Bosinny. The interactions between the Forsytes and the people and society around them is the truss for this love story set in the rigid and strict times of the Victorian age.

Directed by Compton Bennett · Written by Jan Lustig

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