The Baby of Mâcon

Plot

Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister ... read more

  • Peter Greenaway

    Director

  • Peter Greenaway

    Writer

  • Sacha Vierny

    Director of Photography

  • Chris Wyatt

    Editor

  • Julia Ormond

    The Daughter

  • Ralph Fiennes

    The Bishop's Son

  • Philip Stone

    The Bishop

  • Jonathan Lacey

    Cosimo Medici

  • Celia Gregory

    The Mother Superior

  • Don Henderson

    The Father Confessor

  • Jeff Nuttall

    The Major Domo

  • Jessica Hynes

    The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)

  • Kathryn Hunter

    The Second Midwife

  • Gabrielle Reidy

    The Third Midwife

  • Tony Vogel

    The Father

  • Diana van Kolck

    The Mother

  • Phelim McDermott

    The First Tutor

  • Tatiana Strauss

    The First Nun

  • Anna Nieland

    The Wetnurse

  • Leslie Cuss

    The Second Tutor

  • Louisa Milwood-Haigh

    The Second Nun

  • Runtime

    122 minutes

    Released

    1993-09-17

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    France

    Germany

    Netherlands

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Cine Electra

    Allarts

    La Sept Cinéma

    UGC Films

    Film4 Productions

    Updated

    81 days ago

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