Another Time, Another Place
Directed by Michael Radford
Screenplay by John Francis Lane
Michael Radford
Based on Another Time, Another Place
by Jessie Kesson
Produced by Simon Perry
Starring Phyllis Logan
Giovanni Mauriello
Denise Coffey
Cinematography Roger Deakins
Edited by Tom Priestley
Music by John McLeod
Production
companies
Associated-Rediffusion Television
Channel Four Films
The Scottish Arts Council
Umbrella
Distributed by Cinegate
Rediffusion
Release dates
  • May 1983 (1983-05) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • July 1983 (1983-07) (UK)
Running time
118 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £500,000[1]

Another Time, Another Place is a 1983 British drama film directed by Michael Radford and starring Phyllis Logan, Giovanni Mauriello and Denise Coffey.[2][3] The screenplay was based on the 1983 novel by Jessie Kesson.[4][5]

Plot

In Scotland in 1943 during World War II, Janie is a young Scottish housewife married to Dougal, who is 15 years older. Participating in a war rehabilitation program, the couple take in three Italian prisoners of war to work on their farm. Janie soon falls in love with one of the three, Luigi. She begins a secret relationship with Luigi that is doomed from the start.[6][7]

Cast

  • Phyllis Logan as Janie
  • Giovanni Mauriello as Luigi
  • Denise Coffey as Meg
  • Tom Watson as Finlay
  • Gianluca Favilla as Umberto
  • Gregor Fisher as Beel
  • Paul Young as Dougal
  • Claudio Rosini as Paolo
  • Jennifer Piercey as Kirsty
  • Yvonne Gilan as Jess
  • Carol Ann Crawford as Else
  • Ray Jeffries as Alick
  • Scott Johnston as Jeems
  • Nadio Fortune as Antonio
  • David Mowat as Randy Bob
  • Colin Campbell as accordionist
  • John Francis Lane as farmer
  • Corrado Sfogli as Raffaello
  • Peter Finlay as officer
  • Stephen Gressieux as prisoner of war

References

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 320.
  2. ^ "Another Time, Another Place". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Another Time, Another Place (1983) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Canby, Vincent (11 July 1984). "'ANOTHER TIME,' A BRITISH IMPORT, OPENS". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Another Time, Another Place (1983)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Watch Another Time, Another Place". BFI Player.