UNMADE MOVIES: HAROLD PINTER'S VICTORY
By Joseph Conrad & Harold Pinter
Synopsis
Harold Pinter's unproduced screenplay of Joseph Conrad's last great novel, specially adapted for radio by Sir Richard Eyre. One of seven of these 'unmade movies' available on audio, Victory is a dark, morally complex drama set in the Dutch East Indies in 1900. It tells the story of Baron Heyst, a mysterious Swedish recluse living alone on a deserted island whose life is changed forever when he visits a neighbouring island and falls in love with young English violinist Lena. Pursued by predatory older men, Lena is drawn to Heyst and escapes with him to his island retreat....
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| Narrator | Miscellaneous |
|---|---|
| Length | 1hr 30mins |
| Catalogue No. | 16126 |
| Publisher | BBC Audio; 2022 |