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Secret Ceremony

A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother, and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

Director

Joseph Losey

Year

Genre

drama, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

Universal Pictures,World Film Services

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA 3 nominations total

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Leonora

Elizabeth Taylor

Cenci

Albert

Hannah

Hilda

Sir Alex Gordon

First Cleaner

Hotel Assistant

Cleaner

Roger Lloyd Pack

Vicar

Dr. Walter Stevens

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Leonora Cenci Hilda Hannah Albert

(Bell tolling) - Secret Ceremony

Take this burning light
and keep true to your baptism - Secret Ceremony

Take this burning light and keep true to your baptism

..you, in company with all the Saints, - Secret Ceremony

..you, in company with all the Saints,

You...you... Wait here. - Secret Ceremony

You...you... Wait here.

Mummy! Mummy! - Secret Ceremony

The cat got your tongue? - Secret Ceremony

The cat got your tongue?

You let nanny and the cook go - Secret Ceremony

You let nanny and the cook go

L don't usually take a nap during the day,
but l might now. - Secret Ceremony

L don't usually take a nap during the day, but l might ...

L'm so glad you're back. - Secret Ceremony

L'm so glad you're back.

- He's gone.
- See? - Secret Ceremony

- He's gone. - See?

Dear God, by whose mercy... - Secret Ceremony

Dear God, by whose mercy...

..let no one snatch me from this heaven. - Secret Ceremony

..let no one snatch me from this heaven.

(Girl) Since you're so clever, - Secret Ceremony

(Girl) Since you're so clever,

But l warn you, - Secret Ceremony

But l warn you,

Dear god by whose mercy - Secret Ceremony

Dear god by whose mercy

Is the only thing I possess - Secret Ceremony

Is the only thing I possess

Mummy... Come along, Mummy. - Secret Ceremony

Mummy... Come along, Mummy.

I'll give you the sound if you let go - Secret Ceremony

I'll give you the sound if you let go

Good morning, Mummy. - Secret Ceremony

Good morning, Mummy.

Where are my clothes? - Secret Ceremony

Where are my clothes?

No. That's too drab for a spring day. - Secret Ceremony

No. That's too drab for a spring day.

L... l never could stand
anyone mucking around with my hair. - Secret Ceremony

L... l never could stand anyone mucking around with my hair.

Lt gives me goose bumps. - Secret Ceremony

Lt gives me goose bumps.

No. - Secret Ceremony

- We've been to the cemetery.
- Lovely blowing weather. - Secret Ceremony

- We've been to the cemetery. - Lovely blowing weather.

But we can't have you walking about - Secret Ceremony

But we can't have you walking about

There isn't a soul in the garden. - Secret Ceremony

There isn't a soul in the garden.

We have a perfect right
to visit your mother's bedroom. - Secret Ceremony

We have a perfect right to visit your mother's bedroom.

Daddy Albert was arrested in Philadelphia - Secret Ceremony

Daddy Albert was arrested in Philadelphia

Lt's warm. - Secret Ceremony

Have they left? - Secret Ceremony

Have they left?

At eleven o'clock in the morning No it's nearly noon - Secret Ceremony

At eleven o'clock in the morning No it's nearly...

(Knocking) - Secret Ceremony

(Rattling) - Secret Ceremony

Hello. Margaret, is that you? - Secret Ceremony

Hello. Margaret, is that you?

- l don't know anyone by that name.
- Give Mummy a kiss. - Secret Ceremony

- l don't know anyone by that name. - Give Mummy a kiss...

Oh, my God! - Secret Ceremony

(Moaning) - Secret Ceremony

They're just little boys that - Secret Ceremony

They're just little boys that

Look what you've done! You killer! - Secret Ceremony

Look what you've done! You killer!

(Knocking) - Secret Ceremony

Crazy people never look their age - Secret Ceremony

Crazy people never look their age

That's disgusting - Secret Ceremony

That's disgusting

Ls your goddamn mother home? - Secret Ceremony

Ls your goddamn mother home?

Is your goddamn mother home - Secret Ceremony

Is your goddamn mother home

Do you realise that right now all over the Australian bush - Secret Ceremony

Do you realise that right now all over the Australian bush

Oh, please, God... - Secret Ceremony

Oh, please, God...

(Panting) - Secret Ceremony

- (Whimpering)
- Cenci? - Secret Ceremony

- (Whimpering) - Cenci?

Hey, wake up, lazybones. - Secret Ceremony

Hey, wake up, lazybones.

Two lumps? - Secret Ceremony

Yes? May l help you? - Secret Ceremony

Yes? May l help you?

(Phone) - Secret Ceremony

(Phone) - Secret Ceremony

- Good afternoon, Mrs Engelhard.
- Oh, hello. - Secret Ceremony

- Good afternoon, Mrs Engelhard. - Oh, hello.

This way, please. - Secret Ceremony

This way, please.

- Oh....
- That's terribly sweet. Thank you. - Secret Ceremony

- Oh.... - That's terribly sweet. Thank you.

Are you dressed? - Secret Ceremony

Are you dressed?

There's a little boy out there
building a sand castle. - Secret Ceremony

There's a little boy out there building a sand castle.

(Man) Who is this wonderful woman?
She is too beautiful for words. - Secret Ceremony

(Man) Who is this wonderful woman? She is too beautiful for ...

You don't look like my late wife at all - Secret Ceremony

You don't look like my late wife at all

Well shall we er Shall we order - Secret Ceremony

Well shall we er Shall we order

She needs me. - Secret Ceremony

You don't look like my late wife at all - Secret Ceremony

You don't look like my late wife at all

L had a daughter once. - Secret Ceremony

L had a daughter once.

(Door opening) - Secret Ceremony

The beach hasn't changed a bit
since the last time. - Secret Ceremony

The beach hasn't changed a bit since the last time.

You wouldn't like to massage it for me,
would you? - Secret Ceremony

You wouldn't like to massage it for me, would you?

Why is your pillow wet? - Secret Ceremony

Why is your pillow wet?

If you don't let her go she'll just keep getting smaller and smaller - Secret Ceremony

If you don't let her go she'll just keep getting...

I had a daughter once - Secret Ceremony

I had a daughter once

Cenci You missed a fabulous dinner mummy - Secret Ceremony

Cenci You missed a fabulous dinner mummy

Get off my back you little bitch - Secret Ceremony

Get off my back you little bitch

(Cenci) Oh that l were - Secret Ceremony

(Cenci) Oh that l were

What are you doing in my mother's clothes - Secret Ceremony

What are you doing in my mother's clothes

Woman singing J hush little baby - Secret Ceremony

Woman singing J hush little baby

Cenci singing J oh that I were - Secret Ceremony

Cenci singing J oh that I were

Dopey voice ''You could have killed yourself honey '' - Secret Ceremony

Dopey voice ''You could have killed yourself honey...

L haven't done anything wrong. - Secret Ceremony

L haven't done anything wrong.

(Door closing) - Secret Ceremony

There were two mice fell in a pail of milk - Secret Ceremony

There were two mice fell in a pail of milk

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A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother, and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

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Director: Joseph Losey

Writer: Marco Denevi, George Tabori

Production: Universal Pictures,World Film Services

Genre: drama, thriller

Year: 1968

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 23 Oct 1968

Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA 3 nominations total

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