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The DVD features a brief audio interview with Derek Jacobi, historical background to the struggle between King Stephen and Queen Maude over the throne, stills, filmographies, and Ellis Peters bio and booklist. --Sean Axmaker
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Richard Stroud, Herbert Wise, Sebastian Graham Jones, Ken Grieve, Graham Theakston, Mary McMurray, Malcolm Mowbray |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1998 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Acorn Media Publishi |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Mystery / Suspense |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 054961576999 |
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Customer Reviews of Cadfael - The Holy Thief
Everyone belongs in the house of God This is part of collection IV. These Cadfiles are said to be darker in character and not as much as lighter mysteries in the earlier Cadfiles. This is not my favorite Hugh Beringar (Anthony Green.) I prefer Eoin McCarthy. However he works well in this Cadfile. In The Holy Thief while most people were using trial by water to catch the guilty, Cadfile uses forensics to track down the murder.
From the back cover:
Brothers from Ramsey come to Shrewsbury looking for money to rebuild their monastery, which has been ransacked by rebel soldiers, they claim that the loan of Saint Winifred's holy relics, which are housed at Shrewsbury, would be ample generosity. Cadfile and Abbot Radulfus, however, opt to provide the men with a gift of precious gems instead of the desired relic.
This description leaves out a lot of people and plots that make the Cadfiles so intriguing.
A HOLY MESS
Fans of Ellis Peters' most intriguing monk, Brother Cadfael, will certainly enjoy this dramatic presentation of The Holy Thief. Derek Jacobi was made to be Brother Cadfael, a soldier of the Crusades, who laid down his sword and pledged himself to holy orders leaving behind the ways of the world. Alas, the ways of the world inhabit the monastery of Shrewsbury. Our dear monk is called on time and time again to solve mystery upon mystery that befalls the monastery.
Sigh, this time a greedy self-centered abbot from Ramsey lays claim to the relics of St. Winifred. Ramsey has been burned down and her presence would enable that monastery to be built anew. Abbot Radulfus' bases his claim on the vision of his young novice who was told by the saint to come and retrieve her.
Pardon the expression,"as all hell breaks loose", everybody stakes their claims for the bones. To make matters worse Winifred gets stolen and someone gets murdered. It is a Holy Mess and Cadfael is called upon to clean it up. From their our story goes through various twists, turns and detours. Cadfael gets to a point of him blowing his top. Wonderful. What a great story. One major flaw is the cinematic production strays quite away from the book but of course this is expected. You still get the fundamentals of the conflict and find yourself wondering who done it. By the way, it's not who you think even if you did read the book. I love a video that will keep you guessing. So will you.