The Children
“The love of a woman brought him back home. The love of the children brough him back to life.”
1990•NR•1h 28m•4.9•Released
Drama
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
Languages
English
Studio
Isolde Films
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
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
Siri Neal
Judith
Mark Asquith
Terry
Anouk Fontaine
Blanca
Production
Company
Isolde Films
Company
Hemdale Film Corporation
Company
Film Four International
Company
Arbo-Film
Company
Maran Film
Producer
Andrew Montgomery
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