Verführung - Persuasion (1995) - Jane Austen Classics (DVD)

As a young girl, Anne Elliot followed the advice of her maternal friend Lady Russell. She let reason prevail over her heart and broke off her engagement to the aspiring Captain Wentworth, although she loved him, leaving him deeply disappointed. Almost eight years later, at the age of 27, she meets him again, as her family has to rent out their property to his sister due to financial hardship. He is now a wealthy and respected captain, while she is only passed around as an "old maid" between her sisters. Now omens are quite different, he is the sought-after bachelor and she is a no longer quite young, already slightly faded woman without prospects. But what about their feelings for each other? Can he forgive her for the rejection? What influence does Lady Russell's advice still have on Anne now? Only an accident in Lyme Regis and a trip to Bath open the eyes of the two to their true feelings.