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The Handmaid's Tale(1990)

A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

6.1(277)1h 48m1990-02-15

DramaScience Fiction

Overview

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

Director:: Volker Schlöndorff
Writers:: Harold Pinter, Margaret Atwood
Producers:: Daniel Wilson
Cinematographer:: Igor Luther
Composer:: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Production:: Cinecom Entertainment Group, Cinetudes Films, Neue Bioskop Film
Budget:: $13,000,000
Revenue:: $4,960,385
Status:: Released

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Cast

Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson

Kate

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Serena Joy

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Nick

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Moira

Victoria Tennant

Victoria Tennant

Aunt Lydia

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Commander

Blanche Baker

Blanche Baker

Ofglen

Traci Lind

Traci Lind

Ofwarren / Janine

Zoey Wilson

Zoey Wilson

Aunt Helena

Kathryn Doby

Kathryn Doby

Aunt Elizabeth

Reiner Schöne

Reiner Schöne

Luke

Lucia Hartpeng

Lucia Hartpeng

Cora