- Drama, Romance
- 135 min
- R
Rotten Tomatoes13%IMDb5.4
When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Demi MooreHester Prynne
- Gary OldmanRev. Arthur Dimmesdale
- Robert DuvallRoger Chillingworth
- Lisa AndohMituba
- Edward HardwickeGov. John Bellingham
- Robert ProskyHorace Stonehall
- Roy DotriceRev. Thomas Cheever
- Joan PlowrightHarriet Hibbons
- Malcolm StorryMaj. Dunsmuir
- James BeardenGoodman Mortimer
Crew
- Roland JofféDirector
- Douglas Day StewartScreenplay
- Nathaniel HawthorneNovel
- Alex ThomsonDirector of Photography
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Thom NobleEditor
- Andrew G. VajnaProducer
- Roland JofféProducer
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