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Starring Richard Harris and Jenny Agutter, this short 1971 film is a poignant adaptation of Paul Gallico's classic novella. The story is a stark and hauntingly beautiful drama weaving together themes of love, sacrifice and the power of human connection.

Superbly directed by Patrick Garland with stunning cinematography by Patrick Carey, compelling characters, and an evocative soundtrack by Carl Davis, The Snow Goose stands as a true masterpiece of storytelling.

Gallico’s delicate novel is set on the Great Marsh on the Essex coast between the fictional village of Chelmbury and the ancient Saxon oyster-fishing hamlet of Wickaeldroth, described as ‘a low, far-reaching expanse of grass and reeds and half-submerged meadowlands ending in the great saltings and mud flats and tidal pools near the restless sea.’  

Nearby, living in a disused lighthouse, long since converted into a studio, is the sensitive and tormented artist Philip Rhayader (Harris), shunned b