The Scarlet Letter (1995)
When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
1995 · R · 2h 15m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans…
Director: Roland Joffé
Writers: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Douglas Day Stewart
Music by: John Barry
Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Editor: Thom Noble
Box office: $10M · Budget: $50M · Rated 6.1/10 by 531 viewers
Cast
Demi Moore as Hester PrynneGary Oldman as Rev. Arthur DimmesdaleRobert Duvall as Roger ChillingworthLisa Andoh as MitubaEdward Hardwicke as Gov. John BellinghamRobert Prosky as Horace StonehallRoy Dotrice as Rev. Thomas CheeverJoan Plowright as Harriet HibbonsMalcolm Storry as Maj. DunsmuirJames Bearden as Goodman MortimerLarissa Laskin as Goody MortimerAmy Wright as Goody GotwickMore like this
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