Set in future America, The Handmaid's Tale tells the story of Kate, a handmaid. The religious right has taken over. Kate is a criminal, guilty of the crime of trying to escape from the US, and is sentenced to become a Handmaid. The job of a Handmaid is to bear the children of the man to whom she is assigned. A resistance movement begins to challenge the regime.

C a s t

Natasha Richardson as Kate
Faye Dunaway as Serena Joy
Aidan Quinn as Nick
Elizabeth McGovern as Moira
Victoria Tennant as Aunt Lydia
Robert Duvall as Commander
David Dukes as Doctor (uncredited)

Production Credits

Director Volker Schlöndorff
Writers Margaret Atwood (novel) & Harold Pinter