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.
Cast
Emma Thompson
Margaret Schlegel
Helena Bonham Carter
Helen Schlegel
Anthony Hopkins
Henry J. Wilcox
Samuel West
Leonard Bast
Vanessa Redgrave
Ruth Wilcox
Adrian Ross Magenty
Tibby Schlegel
Prunella Scales
Aunt Juley
James Wilby
Charles Wilcox
Joseph Bennett
Paul Wilcox
Jo Kendall
Annie
Jemma Redgrave
Evie Wilcox
Crispin Bonham-Carter
Albert Fussell
Ian Latimer
Station Master
Siegbert Prawer
Man Asking a Question
Susie Lindeman
Dolly Wilcox
Nicola Duffett
Jackie
Mark Tandy
Luncheon Guests
Andrew St. Clair
Luncheon Guests
Anne Lambton
Luncheon Guests
Emma Godfrey
Luncheon Guests
Duncan Brown
Luncheon Guests
Iain Kelly
Luncheon Guests
Atalanta White
Maid at Howards End
Gerald Paris
Porphyrion Supervisor
Allie Byrne
Blue-stockings
Sally Geoghegan
Blue-stockings
Paula Stockbridge
Blue-stockings
Bridget Duvall
Blue-stockings
Lucy Freeman
Blue-stockings
Harriet Stewart
Blue-stockings
Tina Leslie
Blue-stockings
Mark Payton
Percy Cahill
Delaney Davidson
Simpson's Carver
Mary McWilliams
Wilcox Baby
Barbara Hicks
Miss Avery
Rodney Rymell
Chauffeur
Luke Parry
Tom, the Farmer's Boy
Antony Gilding
Bank Supervisor
Peter Cellier
Colonel Fussell
Patricia Lawrence
Wedding Guests
Margery Mason
Wedding Guests
Jim Bowden
Martlett
Alan James
Porphyrion Chief Clerk
Jocelyn Cobb
Telegraph Operator
Peter Darling
Doctor
Terence Sach
Delivery Man
Brian Lipson
Police Inspector
Mary Nash
Pianist
Barr Heckstall-Smith
Helen's Child
Simon Callow
Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
Crew
James Ivory
Director
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Screenplay
E.M. Forster
Novel
Andrew Marcus
Editor
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Director of Photography
Paul Bradley
Executive Producer
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Donald Rosenfeld
Associate Producer
Ann Wingate
Co-Producer
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design
Celestia Fox
Casting
John Bright
Costume Design
Jenny Beavan
Costume Design
Carol Hemming
Hair Department Head
Paolo Mantini
Assistant Hairstylist
Christine Beveridge
Makeup Department Head
Sian Grigg
Assistant Makeup Artist
Sallie Jaye
Assistant Makeup Artist
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Ian Whittaker
Set Decoration
John Ralph
Art Direction
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