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The Governess (1998)
Directed by Sandra Goldbacher
Drama, Romance · 1h 55m
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.
Cast
Minnie Driver
Rosina da Silva
Tom Wilkinson
Mr. Charles Cavendish
Harriet Walter
Mrs. Cavendish
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Henry Cavendish
Florence Hoath
Clementina Cavendish
A
Arlene Cockburn
Lily Milk, the Maid
Emma Bird
Rebecca
Adam Levy
Benjamin
C
Countess Koulinskyi
Aunt Sofka
Bruce Myers
Rosina's Father
D
Diana Brooks
Rosina's Mother
R
Raymond Brody
Litnoff
Crew
- Director
- Sandra Goldbacher
- Writer
- Sandra Goldbacher
- Director of Photography
- Ashley Rowe
- Original Music Composer
- Edward Shearmur
- Producer
- Sarah Curtis
Details
- Release date
- 1998-07-31
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- British Screen Productions, Arts Council of England, BBC