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Swept from the Sea (1998)
Directed by Beeban Kidron
“In the heart of an outcast, he found his destiny. In the passion of an outsider, she found her home.”
Drama, Romance · 1h 53m
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
Cast
Rachel Weisz
Amy Foster
Vincent Perez
Yanko
Ian McKellen
Dr. James Kennedy
Kathy Bates
Miss Swaffer
Joss Ackland
Mr. Swaffer
Tony Haygarth
Mr. Smith
Fiona Victory
Mrs. Smith
Tom Bell
Isaac Foster
Zoë Wanamaker
Mary Foster
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William Scott-Masson
Mr. Wilcox
Eve Matheson
Mrs. Wilcox
Dave Hill
Jack Vincent
Crew
- Director
- Beeban Kidron
- Screenplay
- Tim Willocks
- Novel
- Joseph Conrad
- Director of Photography
- Dick Pope
- Original Music Composer
- John Barry
- Editor
- Alex Mackie, Andrew Mondshein
- Producer
- Beeban Kidron, Charles Steel, Polly Tapson
Details
- Release date
- 1998-01-23
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Tapson Steel Films Productions, TriStar Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, The Greenlight Fund