"Dire deeds during a winter storm leave Brother Oswin beaten near to death, Sister Hilaria dead, and a pair of young siblings lost in the woods fleeing Lord Stephen's men."
Derek Jacobi
as Brother Cadfael
Mark Charnock
as Brother Oswin
Terrence Hardiman
as Abbot Radulfus
Michael Culver
as Prior Robert
Julian Firth
as Brother Jerome
Eoin McCarthy
as Hugh Beringar
Valentine Pelka
as Richard Boterel
Robert Cavanah
as Olivier de Bretagne
Ronan Vibert
as Le Gaucher
Amelia Curtis
as Ermina Hugonin
Albie Woodington
as Sergeant Warden
William Mannering
as Yves Hugonin
Guy Oliver-Watts
as John Druel
Tim Barker
as Reyner Dutton
Éva Madarász
as Sister Hilaria
István Szilágyi
as Boterel's Steward
Malcolm Mowbray
Director
Russell Lewis
Writer
Edith Pargeter