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The Story of Esther Costello

"Drama without equal that smashes its way into a woman's love-starved heart!"

1957-11-06
6.9
en 103m
Drama
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters and her own sleazy ex-husband. Radiant performance by Heather Sears. Based on a book that nearly had Helen Keller's co-workers suing for libel due to perceived parallels between Carlo Landi and the husband of Annie Sullivan

Screenplay

Charles Kaufman

Director

David Miller

Novel

Nicholas Monsarrat

deaf village blind ireland regaining sight

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • Romulus Films