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The Scarlet Letter (1995)

2h 15m · 13 Oct 1995

When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.

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Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.

Movie ID74481
GenreDrama, Romance
DirectorRoland Joffé
Main castDemi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Lisa Andoh, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Prosky, Roy Dotrice, Joan Plowright
Release date13 October 1995
Release year1995
LanguageEnglish
Duration135 min (2h 15m)
Rating6.1 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseCinergi Pictures

Director: Roland Joffé
Writers: Douglas Day Stewart

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Demi MooreHester Prynne Gary OldmanRev. Arthur Dimmesdale Robert DuvallRoger Chillingworth Lisa AndohMituba Edward HardwickeGov. John Bellingham Robert ProskyHorace Stonehall Roy DotriceRev. Thomas Cheever Joan PlowrightHarriet Hibbons Malcolm StorryMaj. Dunsmuir
James BeardenGoodman Mortimer
Larissa LaskinGoody Mortimer Amy WrightGoody Gotwick George AguilarJohnny Sassamon Tim WoodwardBrewster Stonehall Joan GregsonElizabeth Cheever Dana IveyMeredith Stonehall Diane SalingerMargaret Bellingham Jocelyn CunninghamMary Rollings
Sheldon Peters WolfchildMoskeegee
Eric SchweigMetacomet

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