The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale (1990)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1990-02-15

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Neue Bioskop Film, Cinecom Entertainment Group, Cinetudes Films

Genre

Drama, Science Fiction

Budget

$13 000 000

Revenue

$4 960 385

Website

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Actors

Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall, Blanche Baker, Traci Lind, Zoey Wilson, Kathryn Doby
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Scenario

Producer

Daniel Wilson, Wolfgang Glattes

Operator

Igor Luther

Composer

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Artist

Audition

Pat Golden

Editing

David Ray
All team (18)

• The role of Kate/Offred was offered to Jodie Foster and Sigourney Weaver. Weaver was forced to decline due to pregnancy. Ultimately, Natasha Richardson was cast in the role.
• The Commander lives at 1810 Cedar Street, Durham, North Carolina, USA. In the United States, this house is known for being the site where writer Michael Peterson killed his second wife in 2001. At the 55th minute of the film, Faye Dunaway and Natasha Richardson descend the same staircase from which, as the writer told doctors, Kathleen allegedly fell.
• Bill Owen's (1914-1999) last film role.
• Faye Dunaway initially refused the role of Serena Joy, the Commander's wife, finding her character too weak. However, she changed her mind after a phone call from the book's author, Margaret Atwood.
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio turned down the role of Moira.