Desc: Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Stefanie Powers, Claire Bloom, Peter Bowles, Brian Cox. The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer - is depicted. Raised by her father in colonial East Africa, Beryl hunted with the Maasai, bred thoroughbred horses, romanced Denys Finch-Hatton and defied constraining social rules. Based upon her own memoir 'West With the Night'.