Written by Paul Hoffman and Kate Dennis from the original screenplay by Stephen Volk (based on a true story)
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When young nanny Julie takes up her new position with a wealthy Italian couple, things are not what she expected as she is sexually harassed by the husband. Suddenly the baby in her charge in found dead from a mysterious fire - thus begins a nightmare as she is branded a witch by the press on her arrest for murder.
Stephen Volk's original screenplay and research formed the basis for a non-fiction book: "Superstition: True Story of the Nanny They Called a Witch" by Carole Compton (Ebury Press, October 1990)
(Carole Compton in prison in Italy)
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Carole Compton talks to The Scotsman newspaper about a recent similar case in italy
Director: Kenneth Hope
Producers: Bob Hubar & Denis Wigman
Executive Producer: Terry Glinwood
Movie Masters II CV/Delux Productions SA/Woodline Productions Ltd (2001, Netherlands)
Starring: Mark Strong, Sienna Guillory, David Warner, Frances Barber, Alice Krige, Derek de Lint and Charlotte Rampling