The Secret Garden (1993 film) The Secret Garden (1993 film) The Secret Garden is a 1993 American-British fantasy drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, John Lynch and Maggie Smith. It was written by Caroline Thompson and based on the novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The novel was previously adapted into two films: a 1949 drama film and a 1919 silent film, which starred Lila Lee and Spottiswoode Aitken. Set in Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire's Allerton Castle was used for most of the exterior shots of Misselthwaite Manor, as well as interior shots. The film
Samavia as the Iarovitch tried to crown Nicola Iarovitch king. The Secret Party was, though, capable of rising up and sweeping aside the feuding dynasties and proclaim Stefan Loristan, descendant of the Lost Prince, king. The ultimate fate of the countries is not described by the author, but it might be presumed that Samavia was absorbed into one of the East and Central Europe nations formed after World War I. Samavia Samavia is a fictional state in Eastern Europe created in the novel "The Lost Prince" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Samavia is not precisely located in terms of real life geography,