Rent Zastrozzi: A Romance (1986)

Name: Zastrozzi: A Romance
Rating: 3.4

3.4 of 5 from 46 ratings

3h 25min

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This atmospheric four-part drama is a contemporary retelling of Percy Bysshe Shelley's chilling gothic horror novel, a precursor in image, character and theme to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. The original characters are transported from 19th-century Germany and Italy into present-day England in a vivid exploration of the wicked depths of human nature, and the failed frameworks of society, religion and romance. In a heady tale of revenge and obsession, the outlaw Zastrozzi (Geoff Francis), assisted by courtesan Matilda (Hilary Trott), abducts his half-brother Verezzi (Mark McGann) and torments him into believing his lover Julia (Tilda Swinton) has been murdered.
His campaign of vicious psychological abuse signals a grisly bloodbath of greed, envy, betrayal, retribution and eternal damnation. An imaginative, provocative and timeless examination of demonic manipulation and soul-sapping vulnerability.
Actors:: Geoff Francis, Mark McGann, Tilda Swinton, Hilary Trott, Matthew Zajac, Bernard Padden, Max Wall, Yvonne Bryceland, David Trevena, Maxine Audley, Chris Barrie, Dan Gregory, Roderic Leigh, Christian Rodska, Richard Bremmer, Geff Francis, Geoff Sloan
Directors:: David G. Hopkins
Producers:: David Lascelles, Lindsey C. Vickers
Writers:: David G. Hopkins, Percy Bysshe Shelley
Studio:: Simply Media
Genres:: British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Romance
Collections:: Getting to Know: Tilda Swinton

BBFC:
Release Date:: 08/10/2018
Run Time:: 205 minutes
Languages:: English LPCM Stereo
Subtitles:: None
DVD Regions:: Region 2
Formats:: Pal
Aspect Ratio:: Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:: Colour
Disc 1:: This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Capture
2. Conspiracy
Disc 2:: This disc includes the following episodes:
3. Seduction
4. Murder