Another Life

Story

Synopsis

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.

Director

Philip Goodhew

Writers

Philip Goodhew

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

15 June 2001

Budget

$500,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Natasha Little

  Edith Jessie Thompson

• 

  Nick Moran

  Percy Thompson

• 

  Ioan Gruffudd

  Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters

• 

  Imelda Staunton

  Ethel Graydon

• 

  Tom Wilkinson

  Mr. Carlton

• 

  Rachael Stirling

  Avis Graydon

• 

  Diana Coupland

  Mrs. Lester

• 

  Michael Bertenshaw

  William Graydon

• 

  Daniel Brocklebank

  Newnie

• 

  Elizabeth McKechnie

  Mrs. Thompson

• Judy Clifton

  Nora Lester

• Simon Paris

  Sgt. Mew