The Children
1990 · 88 min
Drama
★ 4.9After 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.
Crew
- Director Tony Palmer
- Screenplay Timberlake Wertenbaker
- Director of Photography Nicholas D. Knowland
Cast
Ben Kingsley
Martin Boyne
Kim Novak
Rose Sellars
Karen Black
Sybil Lullmer
Geraldine Chaplin
Joyce Wheater
Britt Ekland
Zinnia Wrench
Rupert Graves
Gerald Ormerod
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Marie Helvin
The Princess
Rosemary Leach
Scopy
Terence Rigby
The Duke of Mendip
Donald Sinden
Lord Wrench
Robert Stephens
Azariah Dobree
Joe Don Baker
Cliffe Wheater
Crew
- Director — Tony Palmer
- Screenplay — Timberlake Wertenbaker
- Director of Photography — Nicholas D. Knowland
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