Devotion (1946)

It tells ALL about those Brontë sisters!...They didn't dare call it love- they tried to call it Devotion

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.

Cast (45)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Ida Lupino

Emily Brontë

Paul Henreid

Rev. Arthur Nicholls

Olivia de Havilland

Charlotte Brontë

Sydney Greenstreet

William Makepeace Thackeray

Nancy Coleman

Anne Brontë

Arthur Kennedy

Branwell Brontë

May Whitty

Lady Thornton

Victor Francen

Constantin Heger

Montagu Love

Rev. Brontë

Ethel Griffies

Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

H

Hartney J. Arthur

Man (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Mr. Ames (uncredited)

Edmund Breon

Sir John Thornton (uncredited)

Tanis Chandler

French Student (uncredited)

Micheline Cheirel

Mademoiselle Blanche (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Mr. George Smith (uncredited)

David Clyde

Land Agent (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)

H

Howard Davies

Englishman (uncredited)

F

Frank Dawson

Club Member (uncredited)

M

Marie De Becker

Tabby (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

Elderly Reader of "Jane Eyre" (uncredited)

F

Forrester Harvey

Hoggs (uncredited)

P

P.J. Kelly

Shepherd (uncredited)

Crauford Kent

Club Member (uncredited)

S

Sonia Lefkova

Marie (uncredited)

E

Elayne Lima

French Student (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

Mrs. Ingraham (uncredited)

Rita Lupino

Giselle (uncredited)

Eily Malyon

Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)

J

John Meredith

Ted (uncredited)

Odette Myrtil

Mademoiselle Heger (uncredited)

Edgar Norton

Club Member (uncredited)

S

Sylvia Opert

French Student (uncredited)

H

Hilda Plowright

Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Guest at Thornton's Ball (uncredited)

I

Irina Semochenko

French Student (uncredited)

V

Violet Seton

Mrs. Crump (uncredited)

Reginald Sheffield

Charles Dickens (uncredited)

Yorke Sherwood

Man (uncredited)

G

Geoffrey Steele

Man (uncredited)

Donald Stuart

Mr. Tripp (uncredited)

D

David Thursby

Farmer (uncredited)

Leo White

Waiter (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Englishwoman (uncredited)

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