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The Airy Tomb

The Airy Tomb

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Drama

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Can there be a bleaker portrait of a life half-lived? Cinematic treatment of poet R.S. Thomas's story of Twm, the "shy soul" who lives and dies alone in the "grim house nailed to the mountainside", oblivious to the interest shown in him by young girls in the village and to his own isolation as he scratches a living from the farm.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

13 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

01 July 1963

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Narrator

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