Howards End
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Howards End

Based on the Novel by E.M. Forster

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.

Drama
Romance

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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.

Released March 13, 1992

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Language
en
Status
Released
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Top cast

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Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Margaret Schlegel

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Helen Schlegel

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Henry J. Wilcox

Samuel West

Samuel West

Leonard Bast

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Ruth Wilcox

Adrian Ross Magenty

Adrian Ross Magenty

Tibby Schlegel

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Aunt Juley

James Wilby

James Wilby

Charles Wilcox

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