The scarlet letter [(DVD) videorecording] / a WGBH/Boston production ; produced and directed by Rick Hauser ; adapted for television by Allan Knee and Alvin Sapinsley.
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Cast
Meg Foster, John Heard, Kevin Conway.
Note
Originally broadcast by PBS in 1979.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel brings to life the attitudes and passions of 17th century New England. Condemned by her Puritan fellows for having a child out of wedlock, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet letter.