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The Tamarind Seed DVD

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A captivating romantic drama unfolds against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia in this acclaimed feature by multi-award-winning director Blake Edwards Featuring an outstanding score by multiple Oscar winner John Barry and presented here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements The Tamarind Seed stars Julie Andrews as a Home Office minister&s assistant and Omar Sharif as the Paris-based Soviet attache with whom she falls in love; among an outstanding support cast are Anthony Quayle and Sylvia Syms whose performance earned her a BAFTA Award in 1974 Holidaying in Barbados in the hope of overcoming the unhappiness of a broken love affair Englishwoman Judith Farrow meets
debonair Russian Feodor Sverdlov As they explore the island paradise together and their mutual feelings grow so too do the suspicions of the intelligence agencies in both London and Moscow In a world where no-one is to be trusted and appearances can be fatally deceptive every move they make is being watched
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A captivating romantic drama unfolds against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia in this acclaimed feature by multi-award-winning director Blake Edwards Featuring an outstanding score by multiple Oscar winner John Barry & presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements The Tamarind Seed stars Julie Andrews as a Home Office minister&s assistant & Omar Sharif as the Paris-based Soviet attache with whom she falls in love; among an outstanding support cast are Anthony Quayle & Sylvia Syms whose performance earned her a BAFTA Award in 1974 Holidaying in Barbados in the hope of overcoming the unhappiness of a broken love affair Englishwoman Judith Farrow meets debonair Russian Feodor Sverdlov As they explore the island paradise together & their mutual feelings grow so too do the suspicions of the intelligence agencies in both London & Moscow In a world where no-one is to be trusted & appearances can be fatally deceptive every move they make is being watched

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