Set in 1870s New York society, about repressed emotions in a convention-bound society. A well-bred young man, who is engaged to a well-bred young woman, is smitten by a notorious beauty with a scandalous background and independent spirit

C a s t

Daniel Day-Lewis as Newland Archer
Michelle Pfeiffer as Countess Ellen Olenska
Winona Ryder as May Welland
Alexis Smith as Louisa Van Der Luyden
Geraldine Chaplin as Mrs. Welland
Mary Beth Hurt as Regina Beaufort
Alec McCowen as Sillerton Jackson
Richard E. Grant as Larry Lefferts
Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Mingott
Robert Sean Leonard as Ted Archer
Sian Phillips as Mrs. Archer
Jonathan Pryce as Riviere
Michael Gough as Henry Van Der Luyden
Joanne Woodward as Narrator
Stuart Wilson as Julius Beaufort

Production Credits

Producer Barbara De Fina
Director Martin Scorsese
Screenwriters Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese from the novel by Edith Wharton