The Children (1990 film)

1990 film by Tony Palmer

The Children is a 1990 British–German drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Kim Novak and Britt Ekland.^[1] It is based on the 1928 novel by Edith Wharton.

Cast

• Ben Kingsley as Martin Boyne
• Kim Novak as Rose Sellars
• Britt Ekland as Lady Zinnia Wrench
• Donald Sinden as Lord Wrench
• Geraldine Chaplin as Joyce Wheater
• Joe Don Baker as Cliffe Wheater
• Siri Neal as Judith
• Karen Black as Sybil Lullmer
• Robert Stephens as Azariah Dobree
• Rupert Graves as Gerald Ormerod
• Terence Rigby as Duke of Mendip
• Marie Helvin as Princess Buondelmonte
• Rosemary Leach as Miss Scope
• Mark Asquith as Terry
• Ian Hawkes as Bun
• Anouk Fontaine as Blanca
• Eileen Hawkes as Beechy
• Hermione Eyre as Zinnie
• Edward Michie as Chip

See also

• The Marriage Playground (1929)

References

1. BFI.org

Further reading

• Tibbetts, John C., and James M. Welsh, eds. The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film (2nd ed. 2005) pp 52–53.

External links

• The Children at IMDb
• The Children at Rotten Tomatoes