Secret Places is a 1984 British

Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Zelda Barron and starring Marie-Theres Relin, Tara MacGowran, Claudine Auger

Claudine Auger

Claudine Auger is a French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball . She earned the title of Miss France Monde and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest.Born in Paris, France, she attended St...

 and Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood.She...

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The firm takes place during the Second World War and tells the story of a German refugee girl sent to an English boarding school where she bonds with an English girl. It was based on a novel by Janice Elliott.

It was one of the most popular films shown at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...

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Cast

• Marie-Theres Relin ... Laura Meister
• Tara MacGowran ... Patience
• Claudine Auger
  Claudine Auger
  Claudine Auger is a French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball . She earned the title of Miss France Monde and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest.Born in Paris, France, she attended St...
  
   ... Sophie Meister
• Jenny Agutter
  Jenny Agutter
  Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book, before moving on to adult roles and relocating to Hollywood.She...
  
   ... Miss Lowrie
• Cassie Stuart ... Nina
• Ann-Marie Gwatkin ... Rose
• Pippa Hinchley
  Pippa Hinchley
  Philippa Lucy Hinchley was born 7 April 1966 in London. She is an English actress who played Elaine Fenwick in Coronation Street, she has also been in The Bill, Bugs, Doctors, Holby City, and EastEnders...
  
   ... Barbara
• Sylvia Coleridge
  Sylvia Coleridge
  Sylvia Coleridge was a British stage, radio and television actress.-Career:Her acting credits include: Out of the Unknown, The Avengers, Paul Temple, The Lotus Eaters, Ace of Wands, The Tomorrow People, Z Cars, Public Eye, Sutherland's Law, Dixon of Dock Green, The Onedin Line, Doctor Who Sylvia...
  
   ... Miss Trott
• Klaus Barner ... Dr. Meister
• Rosemary Martin
  Rosemary Martin
  Rosemary Martin was an English actress, best-remembered for her television roles .Other notable TV credits include: Z-Cars, Crown Court, Bill Brand, Coronation Street, Pennies from...
  
   ... Mrs. MacKenzie
• Amanda Grinling ... Miss Winterton
• Veronica Clifford ... Miss Mallard
• Adam Richardson ... Stephen
• Zoe Caryl ... Junior
• Erika Spotswood ... Valerie
• Bill Ward ... Mr. Watts
• Rosamund Greenwood
  Rosamund Greenwood
  Rosamund Greenwood was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990.In a career stretching more than 50 years, Greenwood appeared in productions including The Prince and the Showgirl, Night of the Demon, Upstairs, Downstairs, Angels, Crown Court and A Perfect Spy...
  
   ... Hannah
• Maurice O'Connell ... Police sergeant
• Margaret Lacey
  Margaret Lacey
  Margaret Lacey was a Welsh actress.She appeared in over 30 films between 1957 and 1985 mostly playing a sweet old lady or motherly figure in minor roles...
  
   ... Mrs. Burgess
• Marissa Dunlop ... Little girl
• Mike Heywood ... Soldier in train
• Andrew Byatt ... Soldier in train
• Tony London ... Cockney soldier
• Georgia Slowe
  Georgia Slowe
  Georgia Slowe is an English actress.-Background:Georgia grew up in a Jewish home as the daughter of parents, Michael and Zsuzsi. Her Hungarian-born mother, Zsuzsi, was hidden in a cellar during the Second World War after her mother Litzy was murdered by Hungarian Nazi soldiers. Her father had been...
  
   ... Cordelia
• John Henson ... Jack
• Robert Kelly ... Gerald
• Paul Ambrose ... David
• Francisco Morales ... Carlo
• Stewart Guidotti ... Alfredo
• Mark Lewis ... Dino
• Jessica Walter
  Jessica Walter
  Jessica Walter is an American actress, known for the films Play Misty for Me, Grand Prix, and for her role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development...
  
   ... Girl #1 in art room
• Sian Dunlop ... Girl #2 in art room
• Alan Berry ... Dr. Parrish
• Lala Lloyd ... Nurse
• John Segal ... Al