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Howards End

Howards End

7,0 /10 (596 Votes)
1992 EN 142 min

Overview

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

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Release date

13/03/1992

Votes

596

Popularity

3.1

Based on the Novel by E.M. Forster

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

142 min

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$26,126,837

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Margaret Schlegel

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Helen Schlegel

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Henry J. Wilcox

Samuel West

Samuel West

Leonard Bast

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Ruth Wilcox

Adrian Ross Magenty

Adrian Ross Magenty

Tibby Schlegel

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Aunt Juley

James Wilby

James Wilby

Charles Wilcox

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Joseph Bennett

Paul Wilcox

Jo Kendall

Jo Kendall

Annie

Jemma Redgrave

Jemma Redgrave

Evie Wilcox

Crispin Bonham-Carter

Crispin Bonham-Carter

Albert Fussell

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Ian Latimer

Station Master

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Siegbert Prawer

Man Asking a Question

Susie Lindeman

Susie Lindeman

Dolly Wilcox

Nicola Duffett

Nicola Duffett

Jackie

Mark Tandy

Mark Tandy

Luncheon Guests

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Andrew St. Clair

Luncheon Guests

Anne Lambton

Anne Lambton

Luncheon Guests

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Emma Godfrey

Luncheon Guests

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Duncan Brown

Luncheon Guests

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Iain Kelly

Luncheon Guests

Atalanta White

Atalanta White

Maid at Howards End

Gerald Paris

Gerald Paris

Porphyrion Supervisor

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Allie Byrne

Blue-stockings

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Sally Geoghegan

Blue-stockings

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Paula Stockbridge

Blue-stockings

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Bridget Duvall

Blue-stockings

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Lucy Freeman

Blue-stockings

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Harriet Stewart

Blue-stockings

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Tina Leslie

Blue-stockings

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Mark Payton

Percy Cahill

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Delaney Davidson

Simpson's Carver

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Mary McWilliams

Wilcox Baby

Barbara Hicks

Barbara Hicks

Miss Avery

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Rodney Rymell

Chauffeur

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Luke Parry

Tom, the Farmer's Boy

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Antony Gilding

Bank Supervisor

Peter Cellier

Peter Cellier

Colonel Fussell

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Patricia Lawrence

Wedding Guests

Margery Mason

Margery Mason

Wedding Guests

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Jim Bowden

Martlett

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Alan James

Porphyrion Chief Clerk

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Jocelyn Cobb

Telegraph Operator

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Peter Darling

Doctor

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Terence Sach

Delivery Man

Brian Lipson

Brian Lipson

Police Inspector

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Mary Nash

Pianist

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Barr Heckstall-Smith

Helen's Child

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)

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badelf

2023-11-22

⭐ 8

The script itself is not up the level of Remains of the Day, but then E.M.Forster is not Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go). Nevertheless E.M.Forster gives us a huge, complex story that holds our interest for the entire 142 minutes. And the Ivory-Merchant team contributes a beautiful setpiece, complete with perfect cinematography, locations, costumes and a team of the finest actors in Britain. And two of the Redgrave family to play mother and daughter. The acting from everyone on screen is phenomenal!

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-05-23

⭐ 7

I think this might be the pinnacle of the Merchant Ivory storytelling world (with thanks to E.M. Forster), as a strong ensemble cast assembles to tell a tale of Edwardian Britain that brings into stark focus a class system that is just beginning to show some cracks. "Wilcox" (Anthony Hopkins) is what I suppose you'd call nouveau riche. A millionaire industrialist who has acquired quite a few grand country properties from the increasingly impoverished aristocracy. When his first wife (Vanessa Redgrave) dies at the eponymous country cottage, she has apparently promised it to her friend "Margaret…

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