The Treasure Seekers (1996 film)

The Treasure Seekers is a 1996 British television family film directed by Juliet May and starring Camilla Power, Felicity Jones and Kristopher Milnes. In Edwardian England, a family have only a few days to raise enough money to stop their home being repossessed. It is based on the novel The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit. Keira Knightley had an early role in this film at the age of 11.^[1]

Cast

Patsy Byrne – Eliza
Peter Capaldi – Jellicoe
Nigel Davenport – Lord Blackstock
Nicholas Farrell – Bastable
William Forde – H.O.
Tom Georgeson – Bates
Alexander Harding – Albert-Next-Door
Felicity Jones – Alice
Keira Knightley – The Princess
Gina McKee – Mary Leslie
Kristopher Milnes – Oswald
Camilla Power – Dora
Ian Richardson – Haig
Ben Simpson – Noel
Roger Sloman – Wiggins
James Wilby – Henry Carlisle

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/554884

External links

The Treasure Seekers at the Internet Movie Database.
The Treasure Seekers at AllMovie.

E. Nesbit novels for children

Psammead trilogy	Five Children and It (1902) The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) The Story of the Amulet (1905)

Other well-known works	The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899) The Railway Children (1906) The Enchanted Castle (1907) The House of Arden (1908) The Magic City (1910)

Adaptations	The Railway Children (1970) Onegai! Samia-don (1985-86) The Treasure Seekers (1996) The Railway Children (2000) Five Children and It (2004)

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