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Bequest to the Nation is a 1973 British historical drama film directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston and Margaret Leighton. It is based on the 1970 Terence Rattigan play A Bequest to the Nation. In the United States, it was released as The Nelson Affair.
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
Directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Peter Finch as Lord Horatio Nelson and Glenda Jackson as Lady Emma Hamilton. Tells the story of the relationship between Lord Nelson and Lady Emma ...
- 116 min
- 156.4K
- slightreturn2003
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Oct 29, 1973 · Lord Horatio Nelson (Peter Finch) has returned to England from fighting the Napoleonic Wars. He intends to rest for several months, not with his wife but with his mistress Lady Hamilton (Glenda Jackson). Meanwhile, his nephew George Matcham visits and gets entangled in the affair. Nelson is beloved but the Lady is not.
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- Drama, History
- James Cellan Jones
- 1973-10-29
Bequest to the Nation is a 1973 British historical drama film directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston and Margaret Leighton. It is based on the 1970 Terence Rattigan play A Bequest to the Nation. In the United States, it was released as The Nelson Affair.
Overview. Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars. James Cellan Jones.
