The Forsyte Saga (1967)

The Forsyte Saga 1967 The extended Forsyte family live a more than pleasant upper middle class life in Victorian and later Edwardian England The two central characters are Soames Forsyte and his cousin Jolyon Forsyte Soames is a solicitor, all proper and straight laced His love for the beautiful Irene is his only weakness as is his beautiful daughter Fleur Young Jolyon is the opposite, a free thinking artist who abandons his wife to live with his childrens nanny Their lives and their childrens lives will intersect over 30 years bringing happiness to some and tragedy to others