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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303316048
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303316042
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Acorn Media
Release Date: September 11, 1999
Running Time: 300 minutes
Sales Rank: 7657
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 1995
Editorial Review:
Description:
The Sanctuary Sparrow, One Corpse Too Many, Monk's Hood and The Leper of St. Giles.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Sir Derek and the Chronicles of a Truly Rare Benedictine.
When the decision was made to produce for TV several episodes from her mystery series about Brother Cadfael, that 12th century crusader turned monk turned detective who has been, ever since his creation, one of the most compassionate and unusual sleuths of literary history, novelist Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter) was not entirely happy. In fact, as the series' star, Sir Derek Jacobi, explains in the extra footage provided on the now-released DVDs, Ms. Peters had very mixed feelings about giving up ... Read More
Rating: - Exceptional Monk
Great series of DVDs! I love detective series and this one is excellent. Along with the wonderful detective stories it takes place in medieval times several years after the Crusades. Brother Cadfael, pronounced Cadfile, is played by a superb actor, Sir Derek Jacobi. Some may know him from the series "I, Claudius", or the movie "Dead Again" or any number of other roles.
Cadfael is a monk in an order in the village of Shrewsbury. The mysteries he encounters involve murder or mayhem ... Read More
Rating: - Brother Cadfael, Set 1
One Corpse Too Many
"We deal with what is"
As complex as any of the Cadfael series, this one tells the story of how Master Hugh Beringar becomes sheriff. Also as Cadfael states, "By my reckoning there is one corps too many."
During the time of the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud, the abbey tales a neutral stance. However Brother Cadfael is given a new assistant. The young lad is anything but; as he is a she. Naturally Cadfael being a man ... Read More
Rating: - LOVED THE SERIES 1!
I liked the videos as much if not more than I liked and enjoyed the Ellis Peters books. Truly well done and enjoyable to watch. I have a hard time picturing the actor who portrays Cadfael as a crusader, but he's very good anyway! Derek Jacobi plays it well.
Rating: - This is an excellent series, a true treat
I has seen all the movies up to the fourth series, and have read all the books from Ellis Peters (the Cadfael author) that my library has. This series is as true to those mystery books as possible with their budget, and the result is stunning. They combine action, romance, sublety, and a medieval setting as true as the health department will allow. The movies maintain a true feel for the era, the mental mindset, and the suspicions/beliefs of the times. Derek Jacobi's skill as an actor are ... Read More
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