 The Turn of the Screw starred Michelle Dockery as Ann , Sue Johnston as Mrs Sarah Grose , Dan Stevens as Dr Fisher , Mark Umbers as the Master , Nicola Walker as Carla , Edward MacLiam as Peter Quint and Katie Lightfoot as Emily Jessel . Corin Redgrave , who played the professor , was the son of Michael Redgrave , who starred in The Innocents , a 1961 adaption of The Turn of the Screw . The children , Flora and Miles , were played respectively by Eva Sayer and Josef Lindsay . However , due to the sexual content of the film , the child actors did not attend the preview screenings . 
