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Anchoress

Directed by Chris Newby

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A 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.

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Christine Carpenter

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Pauline Carpenter

Pete Postlethwaite

William Carpenter

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Christine Watkins

Writer

Judith Stanley-Smith

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Anchoress is about a 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.

Who directed Anchoress?

Chris Newby directed Anchoress.

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