Film
The Handmaid's Tale
1990 · 1h 48m · Drama · Science Fiction
A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.
- IMDb
- 6.0
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 35%
- Metacritic
- 53
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Overview
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
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Cast
Natasha Richardson
Kate
Faye Dunaway
Serena Joy
Aidan Quinn
Nick
Elizabeth McGovern
Moira
Victoria Tennant
Aunt Lydia
Robert Duvall
Commander
Blanche Baker
Ofglen
Traci Lind
Ofwarren / Janine
Zoey Wilson
Aunt Helena
Kathryn Doby
Aunt Elizabeth
Reiner Schöne
Luke
Lucia Hartpeng
Cora
Karma Ibsen Riley
Aunt Sara
Lucile McIntyre
Rita
Gary Bullock
Officer on Bus
Allison Holmes
June
Crew
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
- Harold PinterScreenplay
- Margaret AtwoodNovel
- Daniel WilsonProducer
- Wolfgang GlattesExecutive Producer
- Igor LutherDirector of Photography
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
- David RayEditor
- Pat GoldenCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 15, 1990
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13,000,000
- Revenue
- $4,960,385
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction
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