Movie

The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome

2005 0h 59m Released

Documentary

To generations Arthur Ransome's books, including Swallows and Amazons, were an integral part of growing up. But was there a darker side to the author? In this drama-documentary, the enthusiastic Griff Rhys Jones follows a trail that begins in Russia, reveals close links with many leading Bolsheviks, an affair with Trotsky's secretary and previously unreleased KGB documents about Ransome. But was Ransome actually spying for the British secret service all along?

Cast

Griff Rhys Jones Self / Presenter S Simon Tcherniak Arthur Ransome Alina Karmazina Evgenia Ransome I Iain Agnew Sir Basil Thomson P Paul Morrow Foreign Office Clerk J Jo Freer Ivy Ransome