The Scarlet Letter
1995, Film, 135 min, Drama, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 59
When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
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.
Directed by Roland Joffé
Cast
- Demi Moore as Hester Prynne
- Gary Oldman as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
- Robert Duvall as Roger Chillingworth
- Lisa Andoh as Mituba
- Edward Hardwicke as Gov. John Bellingham
- Robert Prosky as Horace Stonehall
- Roy Dotrice as Rev. Thomas Cheever
- Joan Plowright as Harriet Hibbons
- Malcolm Storry as Maj. Dunsmuir
- James Bearden as Goodman Mortimer
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