Devotion

“It tells ALL about those Brontë sisters!...They didn't dare call it love- they tried to call it Devotion”

5.7(12)19461h 47m

Drama

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.

Director

Curtis Bernhardt

Cast

Ida Lupino

Emily Brontë

Paul Henreid

Rev. Arthur Nicholls

Olivia de Havilland

Charlotte Brontë

Sydney Greenstreet

William Makepeace Thackeray

Nancy Coleman

Anne Brontë

Arthur Kennedy

Branwell Brontë

May Whitty

Lady Thornton

Victor Francen

Constantin Heger

Montagu Love

Rev. Brontë

Ethel Griffies

Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

Hartney J. Arthur

Man (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Mr. Ames (uncredited)

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

Based (very) loosely on real events, this is quite an entertaining tale of two strong willed Brontë women - Charlotte (Olivia de Havilland) and Emily (Ida Lupino) and of their enthusiasm for local curate "Nicholls" (the rather decent but insipid Paul Henreid) and for getting their wonderfully imaginative stories published. In that aspiration, they are joined by their sister Anne (Nancy Coleman) an...