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Screenplay Harold Pinter
Director Volker Schlöndorff

The Handmaid's Tale

Tagline: A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

Release Date: 1990-02-15

Duration: 108 minutes

Synopsis

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

Casting

  • Natasha Richardson
    Kate
  • Robert Duvall
    Commander
  • Aidan Quinn
    Nick
  • Faye Dunaway
    Serena Joy
  • Elizabeth McGovern
    Moira
  • Reiner Schöne
    Luke
  • Blanche Baker
    Ofglen
  • Victoria Tennant
    Aunt Lydia
  • Traci Lind
    Ofwarren / Janine
  • J. Michael Hunter
    Preacher