Lost Empires [DVD]

It's 1913, and 20-year-old Richard Herncastle is about to lose his innocence--as is all of Britain. Based on J. B. Priestley's novel, this lavish costume drama captures the magic and glamour of England's music halls on the eve of WWI. Seen on "Masterpiece Theatre" in 1987 and available for the first time on video, it stars a very young Colin Firth ("Bridget Jones's Diary") as Richard and John Castle ("The Mirror Crack'd") as his uncle Nick, an acid-tongued magician. Sir Laurence Olivier appears in the first installment. "Nostalgia regained"--"Los Angeles Times."