Film

The Children

1990 · 1h 28m · Drama

The love of a woman brought him back home. The love of the children brough him back to life.

IMDb

6.6

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.

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

Ian Hawkes

Bun

• Tony PalmerDirector
• Timberlake WertenbakerScreenplay
• Edith WhartonNovel
• Andrew MontgomeryProducer
• Maureen MurrayExecutive Producer
• Karin BamboroughExecutive Producer
• Harald AlbrechtExecutive Producer
• Georg BognerExecutive Producer
• Nicholas D. KnowlandDirector of Photography
• Samuel BarberOriginal Music Composer

Release date

May 18, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama

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