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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781569384763
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1569384762
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 30, 2001
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 67433
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 1995
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Political passions ran high in 12th-century England, and the Church was often caught in the middle of the feud between King Stephen and Empress Maud. This feud takes its toll in Shrewsbury upon the appointment of a new priest whose political sympathies outweigh his human compassion. With unrequited love and farmland dispossession adding to the local turmoil, the long list of people who wanted to see Father Ailnoth dead keeps both the sheriff and Brother Cadfael (Derek Jacobi) busy for days. As with all episodes in this medieval mystery series, the writing, acting, and production values are of the highest quality, re-creating the 12th century's grand and small passions in rich detail while viewers try to puzzle out who done it.
DVD extras include an audio interview with Derek Jacobi in which he shares his thoughts on Cadfael's faith and sense of guilt, an Ellis Peters biography and book list, and a production scrapbook of behind-the-scenes stills. --Larisa Lomacky Moore
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Kind of dark, even for a medieval mystery
As always, production quality was excellent, and the characters believable. This was one of the more intricate of the mysteries I have seen, and it was hard to choose a likely suspect because it was easy to sympathize with the many people wanting the new priest Ailnoth dead.
There are two deaths to puzzle out: the disliked priest, and the parishoner whom he refuses absolution to, for her unwed pregnancy.
Cadfael struggles with personal feelings alot in this tale, both ... Read More
Rating: - A fine production
As is usually the case with Cadfael stories, it is useful to read the novel in addition to seeing the DVD. The reason is simple enough: it is impossible to reduce a 228-page book to a 75-minute drama without sacrificing details. In particular, the novel gives a great deal of political background information which explains the motivations behind the behavior of the principal characters.
First the background: "The Raven in the Foregate" is the 12th Cadfael novel, by Ellis Peters, published ... Read More
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