Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
Few made old-school epics as successfully as David Lean. He directed two Best Picture winners, Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, as well as Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India.
With Ryan’s Daughter, he took his mastery to the Emerald Isle.
Set during World War I, the film stars Sarah Miles as a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British soldier. This is a problem, not just because she’s married, but because her village is mostly populated by Irish nationalists. While Robert Mitchum’s casting as an Irishman was perhaps not ideal, Miles was nominated for Best Actress, and John Mills won Best Supporting Actor.
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