This is a film with many faults and perhaps never should have been made--or released. A sad effort in plot, characterization, acting, photography, and especially lighting. The incessant moralizing om the movie could not fill the holes left by the film's many deficiencies.
The promise of a period piece is not maintained with only teasing views of automobiles and carriages and very little utilization of cultural and social elements of the time. A chance of more comprehensive landscapes does not take place. And though time and place are not significant, the film is hardly a "timeless" production.
I wanted to care about the characters, for they were generally depicted as good; however, nothing could rouse my empathy. Fortunately the 1980 film was just over an hour in length.
