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1946 Drama 1h 47m

Devotion

"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.

5.9 TMDB RATING
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Principal 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)

Edmund Breon

Sir John Thornton (uncredited)

Tanis Chandler

French Student (uncredited)

Micheline Cheirel

Mademoiselle Blanche (uncredited)

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