Howards End
United Kingdom • 1992 • 2h 22m
Director
#488Criterion Collection →Synopsis
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Synopsis
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Credits
Crew
DirectorJames Ivory
WriterRuth Prawer Jhabvala
CinematographerTony Pierce-Roberts
ComposerRichard Robbins
EditorAndrew Marcus
ProducerIsmail Merchant
Cast
Emma Thompsonas Margaret Schlegel
Helena Bonham Carteras Helen Schlegel
Anthony Hopkinsas Henry J. Wilcox
Samuel Westas Leonard Bast