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The Mercer Play: Shooting the Chandelier

BBC One
on BBC One London

Sixth in a retrospective season of outstanding plays written for television by DAVID MERCER , first shown in 1977. With and Czechoslovakia, April 1945: a chance meeting between a professor and his former student, now members of the Russian armed forces, develops into a violent trial of strength.
Producer MARGARET MATHESON Director JANE HOWELL
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Contributors

Television By:
David Mercer
Producer:
Margaret Matheson
Director:
Jane Howell
Semyon:
Denholm Elliott
Nikolai:
Edward Fox
Drunken soldier:
Dave Atkins
Blanka:
Felicity Dean
Milena:
Doris Hare
Brodovich:
Alun Armstrong
Peasant:
Ernest Jennings
Source: Radio Times

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