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The Shell Seekers
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The Shell Seekers

2007-10-18 · 174 min · ★ 6.9

Drama · Romance

Penelope Keeling, a sixty-four-year-old daughter of a famous artist, reflects on her life, and the fate and choices that defined it, when she arrives in the Mediterranean to stay with her headstrong daughter. Shifting through time, and falling into place like the pieces of a jigsaw, the truth of Penelope's rich, heartbreaking and surprising life unfolds.

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Directors
Piers Haggard
Production companies
Neue Tonfilm, Gate Television Productions, Clasart Film + TV Produktions GmbH, ZDF, ORF, Tele München, ZDF Enterprises, Clasart Film
Countries
Germany, United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Vanessa RedgraveVanessa RedgravePenelope Keeling
Maximilian SchellMaximilian SchellLawrence Sterne
Charles EdwardsCharles EdwardsNoel Keeling
Prunella ScalesPrunella ScalesDolly Keeling
Victoria SmurfitVictoria SmurfitOlivia Keeling
Victoria HamiltonVictoria HamiltonNancy Chamberlaine
Sebastian KochSebastian KochCosmo König
Stephanie StumphStephanie StumphAntonia König
Richard HopeRichard HopeGeorge Chamberlaine
Lucas GregorowiczLucas GregorowiczDanus Muirfield
Maisie DimblebyYoung Penelope
Toby FisherAmbrose Keeling
Alastair MackenzieAlastair MackenzieRichard
Cherith MellorMrs. Plackett
Hugh SachsHugh SachsRoy Brookner
Imogen BainSister Rogers
Rebecca BlakeAngie
Amanda BoxerAmanda BoxerAunt Ethel Stern
Max CaneMax CaneErnie Penberthy
Tim FaradayTim FaradayJim Slade

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