The Romantic Spirit is a ©1982 British documentary television series in 14 episodes about the Romantic movement in Western culture. The series is an Anglo-French-German production presented by R.M. Productions (Film & Television) Ltd. and FR3, devised by Marcel Brion of the Académie Française, with the executive producers being Michèle Arnaud and Theodore Salata.
The English-language version, by Landseer Film & Television Productions, London, is written by Carla Heffner, adapted for television by Judy Marle, with the production supervisor being Terri Winders, and introduced and narrated by Anthony Andrews, from the house of John Keats, Hampstead, London.
Individual episodes of the series cover sundry Romantic themes and topics.
The series was broadcast in North America on the A&E Network from 1985 until 1991.
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Famous quotes containing the words romantic and/or spirit:
“The rich were dull and they drank too much or they played too much backgammon. They were dull and they were repetitious. He remembered poor Julian and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that began, “The very rich are different from you and me.” And how someone had said to Julian, “Yes, they have more money.””
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 26:41.