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The Thirteenth Tale is a British film of genre Drama with Olivia Colman
The Thirteenth Tale (2013)
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Add to a movie listThe Thirteenth Tale is a British drama television film that first broadcast on BBC Two on 30 December 2013. It is an adaptation of Diane Setterfield's gothic novel The Thirteenth Tale.
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Biographer Margaret Lea (Olivia Colman) arrives at the country house of famous novelist Vida Winter (Vanessa Redgrave). She's been invited to stay there and help Vida write her biography before she dies of terminal cancer.Actors
Olivia Colman
(Margaret)
Vanessa Redgrave
(Vida Winter)
Sophie Turner
(Young Adeline / Vida)
Steven Mackintosh
(Dr. Clifton)
Alexandra Roach
(Hester Barrow, Adeline and Emmeline March's governess)
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