My House in Umbria
May 25 2003
•2h 43m
•Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed by terrorists. After she wakes up in a hospital, she invites three of the other survivors of the disaster to stay at her Italian villa for recuperation. Of these are The General, a retired British Army veteran, Werner, a young German man, and Aimee, a young American girl who has now become mute after her parents were both killed in the explosion.
Cast
See allMaggie Smith
Mrs. Emily Delahunty
Ronnie Barker
The General
Chris Cooper
Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
Benno Fürmann
Werner
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