The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981DramaRomance124 mins
★★★★★

Plot

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious rel... read more

  • Karel Reisz

    Director

  • Harold Pinter

    Screenplay

  • John Fowles

    Novel

  • Freddie Francis

    Director of Photography

  • John Bloom

    Editor

  • Meryl Streep

    Sarah / Anna

  • Jeremy Irons

    Charles Henry Smithson / Mike

  • Hilton McRae

    Sam

  • Lynsey Baxter

    Ernestina

  • Emily Morgan

    Mary

  • Penelope Wilton

    Sonia

  • Jean Faulds

    Cook

  • Charlotte Mitchell

    Mrs. Tranter

  • Peter Vaughan

    Mr. Freeman

  • Colin Jeavons

    Vicar

  • Liz Smith

    Mrs. Fairley

  • Patience Collier

    Mrs. Poulteney

  • John Barrett

    Dairyman

  • Leo McKern

    Dr. Grogan

  • Arabella Weir

    Girl on Undercliff

  • Ben Forster

    Boy on Undercliff

  • Richard Griffiths

    Sir Tom

  • David Warner

    Murphy

  • Catherine Willmer

    Dr. Grogan's Housekeeper

  • Anthony Langdon

    Asylum Keeper

  • Edward Duke

    Nathaniel

  • Graham Fletcher-Cook

    Delivery Boy

  • Richard Hope

    3rd Assistant

  • Michael Elwyn

    Montague

  • Toni Palmer

    Mrs Endicott

  • Cecily Hobbs

    Betty Anne

  • Doreen Mantle

    Lady on the Train

  • Alun Armstrong

    Grimes

  • Gérard Falconetti

    Davide

  • Joanna Joseph

    Lizzie

  • Jude Alderson

    Red Haired Prostitute

  • Cora Kinnaird

    2nd Prostitute

  • Orlando Fraser

    Tom Elliott

  • Fredrika Morton

    Girl

  • Alice Maschler

    2nd Girl

    • Runtime

    124 minutes

    Released

    1981-08-28

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Juniper Films

    Sound

  • Carl Davis

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    495 days ago

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