1630年、ニューイングランド。敬虔なキリスト教徒のウィリアムとキャサリンの夫婦と5人の子供たちは敬虔なキリスト教にのっとった生活を送るため、村はずれにある森の近くの荒地に引っ越してきた。しかしある日、5人の子供の1人赤ん坊のサムが何者かに連れ去られ、行方不明となってしまう。家族が悲しみに沈む中、ウィリアムは美しく成長した娘のトマシンが魔女ではないかとの疑いを抱く。それをきっかけにやがて一家全員が疑心暗鬼になり、次第に狂気の淵に沈んでいく。＜魔女をテーマにしたホラー映画。24の映画祭に招待されていずれも絶賛を浴び、第31回サンダンス映画祭で監督賞を受賞したのを始め、数々の賞を受賞するなど高い評価を受けた。ロバート・エガースの初監督映画＞
第一次世界大戦前夜のドイツ北部。プロテスタントの教えを信じる村人たちに、不可解な事故が次々と襲い掛かる。小さな村は不穏な空気に包まれ、村人は疑心暗鬼に陥り、子どもたちは苦悩を感じ始めていた。
The Scarlet Letter is a 1979 miniseries based on the novel of the same name that aired on WGBH from March 3, 1979 to March 24, 1979. The series is four episodes long, 60 minutes each. Part 2 won the 1979 Emmy Award for Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Limited Series or Special for film editors Ken Denisoff, Janet McFadden, and Tucker Wiard. In 1979, when most literary programs were being produced in the United Kingdom, Boston public television station WGBH decided to produce a homegrown literary classic of its own. The result is this epic version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's enduring novel of Puritan America in search of its soul. Hester Prynne overcomes the stigma of adultery to emerge as the first great heroine in American literature. Hawthorne's themes, the nature of sin, social hypocrisy, and community repression, still reverberate through American society. Meg Foster brings a quiet strength to the role of Hester, the adulteress condemned to wear a scarlet "A" for the rest of her life. As her partner in crime, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, John Heard writhes in private torment most convincingly. Kevin Conway completes this grim triangle as the mysterious, maleficent Roger Chillingworth. The costumes and scenery are simple, so as not to detract from the dialogue as each character grapples with the meaning of sin, forgiveness, and redemption.
