Autumn Crocus
A schoolteacher on holiday in the Tyrol falls in love with the married owner of the hotel where she is staying.
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A schoolteacher on holiday in the Tyrol falls in love with the married owner of the hotel where she is staying.
After married Janet Ebony returns from France with her platonic friend Peter, their shared train compartment prompts suspicions of adultery. Janet falsely claims they are lovers to shock her mother; misunderstandings and staged scenes deepen the scandal before Janet and her husband agree to divorce and pursue other relationships.
After his death, meek businessman Robert Johnson looks back on his life while journeying toward the Inn at the End of the World. Along the way he encounters institutions of insurance and finance and a nightclub, in an elaborate theatrical departure from Priestley’s naturalistic drama.
In the Tyrol, the Sanger children rehearse for their father’s birthday under family friend Lewis, whom Tessa loves. After their father dies, Lewis marries Florence and the children are sent to school in England. Lewis and Tessa later confess their love and flee to a modest Belgian boarding house, where Tessa dies young.
Young composer Lewis Dodd marries Florence, the cousin who cares for the anarchic Sanger family, while Teresa Sanger, a teenager with a heart defect, loves him. Florence's conflicting care and possessiveness strain the marriage; Lewis later realizes his love for Teresa, who dies of heart failure.
At an English public school, shy seventeen-year-old prefect Roger Woodley falls in love with Laura Simmons, the lonely wife of his housemaster. When they are discovered kissing, Simmons threatens to expel Roger; after a confrontation at school, Roger leaves with his father, who offers him a place in the family business, while Roger and Laura part affectionately.
A schoolteacher on holiday in the Tyrol falls in love with the married owner of the hotel where she is staying.
After married Janet Ebony returns from France with her platonic friend Peter, their shared train compartment prompts suspicions of adultery. Janet falsely claims they are lovers to shock her mother; misunderstandings and staged scenes deepen the scandal before Janet and her husband agree to divorce and pursue other relationships.
After his death, meek businessman Robert Johnson looks back on his life while journeying toward the Inn at the End of the World. Along the way he encounters institutions of insurance and finance and a nightclub, in an elaborate theatrical departure from Priestley’s naturalistic drama.
In the Tyrol, the Sanger children rehearse for their father’s birthday under family friend Lewis, whom Tessa loves. After their father dies, Lewis marries Florence and the children are sent to school in England. Lewis and Tessa later confess their love and flee to a modest Belgian boarding house, where Tessa dies young.
Young composer Lewis Dodd marries Florence, the cousin who cares for the anarchic Sanger family, while Teresa Sanger, a teenager with a heart defect, loves him. Florence's conflicting care and possessiveness strain the marriage; Lewis later realizes his love for Teresa, who dies of heart failure.
At an English public school, shy seventeen-year-old prefect Roger Woodley falls in love with Laura Simmons, the lonely wife of his housemaster. When they are discovered kissing, Simmons threatens to expel Roger; after a confrontation at school, Roger leaves with his father, who offers him a place in the family business, while Roger and Laura part affectionately.