Devotion
DirectorCurtis Bernhardt
“It tells ALL about those Brontë sisters!...They didn't dare call it love- they tried to call it Devotion”
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.
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DEVOTION Original Theatrical Trailer
Cast
Ida Lupino
Emily Brontë
Paul Henreid
Rev. Arthur Nicholls
Olivia de Havilland
Charlotte Brontë
Sydney Greenstreet
William Makepeace Thackeray
Nancy Coleman
Anne Brontë
Arthur Kennedy
Branwell Brontë
May Whitty
Lady Thornton
Victor Francen
Constantin Heger
Montagu Love
Rev. Brontë
Ethel Griffies
Aunt Elizabeth Branwell
Hartney J. Arthur
Man (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
Mr. Ames (uncredited)
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