Chris Guthrie lives with her family on a bleak farm in North East Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. On her mother's death, she assumes the managing of the farm with her father and her older brother, but the men fall out, leaving Chris and her father to manage it alone. When her father dies, she considers abandoning the farm, but decides to carry on alone. She marries a young farmer, Ewan Tavendale. They have a baby and are happy for the first time, then the First World War breaks out, Ewan enlists and dies in France, and Chris is left once again to carry on with the farm.

Sunset Song (1971)
04h 18m
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Vivien Heilbron
Chris (6 episodes)
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Edith MacArthur
Jean Guthrie (6 episodes)

Andrew Keir
John Guthrie (6 episodes)

Paul Young
Will Guthrie (6 episodes)

Victor Carin
Chae Strachan (6 episodes)
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Derek Anders
Long Rob Duncan (6 episodes)
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Anne Kristen
Kirsty Strachan (6 episodes)
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John Grieve
Munro of Cuddiestoun (6 episodes)

Mary Riggans
Mrs. Munro (6 episodes)