Valerie Minifie

In 1838, a governess agrees to bear the child of a anonymous English landowner and in return he will pay off her father's debt. Seven years later, she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate who turns out to be the daughter that she gave up.

In 1838 a beautiful Swiss governess and an English landowner, meet for three days to satisfy the terms of a secret business agreement. He will give her money to pay her father's debts and in return she will give him a child. The powerful desires awakened by this brief encounter draw them together seven years later when, without his knowledge and in his absence, she is hired as the governess to their daughter. Forced together under the same roof and held apart by the conventions of the time, they are freed only in the magic of the firelight.

In 1838, a governess agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner in return to pay off her father's debt. Seven years later, she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate who turns out to be the daughter that she gave up.

The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic musical comedy of mistaken identity, comes swashbuckling to the screen with all the laughs, songs and stars that made it a long-running Broadway smash! Kevin Kline reprises his Tony Award winning role along with Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose and Rex Smith in the story of a roguish pirate king and his adventurous young charge who explore the coastline in search of treasure and romance. Digitally remastered for optimum picture quality, it’s a fresh, funny and colorful extravaganza that’s the very model of a modern movie musical.