Off to the sensuous landscape of Florence for her horizon-broadening tour, Lucy, a perfectly proper young Edwardian lady, is chaperoned by her even more proper Aunt Charlotte. At the merest hint of scandal - Lucy is kissed by an improper suitor - Charlotte whisks her back to the serene English countryside, where she is betrothed to a supposedly suitable gentleman, insufferably in love with himself.
Maggie Smith (Charlotte Bartlett, a chaperon); Helena Bonham Carter (Lucy Honeychurch, Miss Bartlett's cousin and charge (as Helena Bonham-Carter)); Denholm Elliott (Mr. Emerson, an English tourist); Julian Sands (George Emerson); Simon Callow (The Reverend Mr. Arthur Beebe); Patrick Godfrey (The Reverend Mr. Eager, Chaplain of the Anglican Church in Florence); Judi Dench (Eleanor Lavish, a novelist); Fabia Drake (Miss Catharine Alan); Joan Henley (Miss Teresa Alan); Amanda Walker (The Cockney Signora); Daniel Day-Lewis (Cecil Vyse (as Daniel Day Lewis)); Maria Britneva (Mrs. Vyse, Cecil's mother); Rosemary Leach (Mrs. Marian Honeychurch); Rupert Graves (Freddy Honeychurch); Peter Cellier (Sir Harry Otway, a landlord). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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