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The Mercer Play: The Parachute

BBC One
on BBC One London

Beginning a retrospective season of outstanding plays written for television by David Mercer.
"The Parachute" was first shown in 1968.
Starring Alan Badel as Baron von Reger, Jill Bennett as Anna and John Osborne as Werner
also starring Isabel Dean, Esmond Knight

Werner von Reger, a young German officer in 1940, prepares to test a new parachute. As he does so his mind travels in flashback over the conflicts of his childhood and youth. By extension, his story mirrors a whole era of European history.
(R)
Feature: page 12 and Woddis On: page 81
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Writer:
David Mercer
Producer:
Tony Garnett
Director:
Anthony Page
Baron von Reger:
Alan Badel
Anna:
Jill Bennett
Werner:
John Osborne
Klaus:
Drewe Henley
Mother:
Isabel Dean
Koepfer:
Barry Jackson
Werner as a child:
Frank Barry
Corporal:
John J. Carney
Werner as a boy:
Richard Stroud
Helmut:
Esmond Knight
Sergeant:
Norman Jones
Officer:
Desmond Perry
Anna's boy:
Marc Karun
Schacht:
Lionel Hamilton
Frau Schacht:
Molly Hewitt
Waiter:
Leslie Noyes
Holt:
Lindsay Anderson
Paratroops:
Barry Dupres
Paratroops:
Royston Farrell
Paratroops:
Sylvester Morand
Paratroops:
Victor Munt
Paratroops:
David Christie Murray
Paratroops:
Stephen Whittaker
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