The Children (1990)
After years working in Brazil, middle-aged engineer Martin Boyner returns to Switzerland to marry his longtime friend, the recently widowed Rose Sellars. En route, he encounters an old acquaintance and soon finds himself entranced by and then caring for her seven emotionally abandoned children. The oldest girl, Judith, quickly beguiles Martin with her unsettling blend of innocence and maturity. And suddenly Martin's orderly blueprint for the future is thrown into disarray as Judith's youth and spirit transform his routine life into a dangerously passionate new equation.
Director:
Tony Palmer
Writer:
Timberlake Wertenbaker
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Ben Kingsley as Martin Boyne |
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Kim Novak as Rose Sellars |
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Karen Black as Sybil Lullmer |
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Geraldine Chaplin as Joyce Wheater |
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Britt Ekland as Zinnia Wrench |
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Rupert Graves as Gerald Ormerod |
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Marie Helvin as The Princess |
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Rosemary Leach as Scopy |
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Terence Rigby as The Duke of Mendip |
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Donald Sinden as Lord Wrench |
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Robert Stephens as Azariah Dobree |
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Joe Don Baker as Cliffe Wheater |
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Siri Neal as Judith |
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Mark Asquith as Terry |
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Anouk Fontaine as Blanca |
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Ian Hawkes as Bun |
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Hermione Eyre as Zinnie |
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Eileen Hawkes as Beechy |
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Edward Michie as Chip |
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Else Quecke as |
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Lola Müthel as |
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Anne Clements as |
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Brook Williams as |
| Directing | Tony Palmer | Director |
| Writing | Edith Wharton | Novel |
| Sound | Samuel Barber | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Benjamin Britten | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Evelyn Glennie | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nicholas D. Knowland | Director of Photography |
| Art | Chris Bradley | Production Design |
| Art | Paul Templeman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Hibbs | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzy Peters | Costume Design |
| Production | Andrew Montgomery | Producer |
| Camera | Pete Cavaciuti | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Nick Lowin | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Gary Romaine | Grip |
| Camera | Henry Braham | Aerial Camera |
| Sound | John Murphy | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | John Griffith | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Edward Michie | Additional Dialogue |
| Art | Renate Hofer | Art Direction |
| Art | Bernd Grotzke | Property Master |
| Art | Ingrid Galonska | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Penny Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Penny Smith | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Trefor Proud | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Trefor Proud | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Friederike Reimer | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Friederike Reimer | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Cavanate | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Cavanate | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agathe De Bretezel | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agathe De Bretezel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henri Lucien | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henri Lucien | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Mike Gowans | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Fabbri | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mike Bluett | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sue Daphne | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Didier Borgnis | Third Assistant Director |
| Production | Hans-Peter Ulli | Location Manager |
| Production | Regula Wetter | Location Manager |
| Production | Conchita Airoldi | Location Manager |
| Production | Marino Narduzzi | Location Manager |
| Production | François Enginger | Location Manager |
| Production | Dirk Rosenweig | Location Manager |
| Lighting | Mark Gibbon | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Harald Hauschildt | Gaffer |
| Directing | Lesley Cross | Continuity |
| Production | Maureen Murray | Executive Producer |
| Production | Karin Bamborough | Executive Producer |
| Production | Harald Albrecht | Executive Producer |
| Production | Georg Bogner | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Screenplay |
