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The Handmaid's Tale

“A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.”

★ 6.1 / 10 (302 votes)February 15, 1990108 minEN

DramaScience Fiction

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

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CINEHOOK / INFORMATION

Movie facts

Release dateFebruary 15, 1990

StatusReleased

Runtime108 min

Rating★ 6.1 / 10

CertificationR

Original languageEnglish, German, Spanish

CountryGermany, United States of America

Budget$13,000,000

Revenue$4,960,385

ProductionCinecom Entertainment Group, Cinetudes Films, Neue Bioskop Film

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CINEHOOK / CREDITS

Crew

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Writers

Harold Pinter

CINEHOOK / CAST

Cast

Natasha Richardson

Natasha RichardsonKate

Faye Dunaway

Faye DunawaySerena Joy

Aidan Quinn

Aidan QuinnNick

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovernMoira

Victoria Tennant

Victoria TennantAunt Lydia

Robert Duvall

Robert DuvallCommander

Blanche Baker

Blanche BakerOfglen

Traci Lind

Traci LindOfwarren / Janine

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Zoey WilsonAunt Helena

Kathryn Doby

Kathryn DobyAunt Elizabeth

Reiner Schöne

Reiner SchöneLuke

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Lucia HartpengCora

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