The Cinder Path

The Cinder Path is a novel by Catherine Cookson and a 1994 film directed by Simon Langton and based on the novel.

Plot introduction

In the English countryside of the early 20th Century, the working-class protagonist must deal with a cruel and tyrannical father and later with a romantic tangle and a problematic marriage. He must keep, as well, a dark secret which must stay hidden at all costs.

Later, he is taken into the British Army fighting on the Western Front of the First World War, where the shadows of his past pursue him and lead to a shattering climax.

Film

• Screenplay: Alan Seymour
• Music: Barrington Pheloung
• Executive Producers: Ray Townsend & Keith Richardson
• Producer: Ray Marshall
• Director: Simon Langton

Cast

• Lloyd Owen - as Charlie MacFell
• Catherine Zeta-Jones - as Victoria Chapman
• Tom Bell
• Maria Miles
• Anthony Byrne
• Rosalind Ayres
• Stable Boy
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