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DramaRomance

Howards End

- Based on the Novel by E.M. Forster

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.

Release Date : 1992-03-13

Language :EnglishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Merchant Ivory ProductionsJapan Satellite BroadcastingIMAGICASumitomo CorporationFilm Four InternationalCinema Ten CorporationIde Productions

Production Country : JapanUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Emma Thompson

Character Name : Margaret Schlegel

Original Name : Emma Thompson

Gender : Female

Helena Bonham Carter

Character Name : Helen Schlegel

Original Name : Helena Bonham Carter

Gender : Female

Anthony Hopkins

Character Name : Henry J. Wilcox

Original Name : Anthony Hopkins

Gender : Male

Samuel West

Character Name : Leonard Bast

Original Name : Samuel West

Gender : Male

Vanessa Redgrave

Character Name : Ruth Wilcox

Original Name : Vanessa Redgrave

Gender : Female

Adrian Ross Magenty

Character Name : Tibby Schlegel

Original Name : Adrian Ross Magenty

Gender : Male

Prunella Scales

Character Name : Aunt Juley

Original Name : Prunella Scales

Gender : Female

James Wilby

Character Name : Charles Wilcox

Original Name : James Wilby

Gender : Male

Joseph Bennett

Character Name : Paul Wilcox

Original Name : Joseph Bennett

Gender : Male

Jo Kendall

Character Name : Annie

Original Name : Jo Kendall

Gender : Female

Jemma Redgrave

Character Name : Evie Wilcox

Original Name : Jemma Redgrave

Gender : Female

Crispin Bonham-Carter

Character Name : Albert Fussell

Original Name : Crispin Bonham-Carter

Gender : Male

Ian Latimer

Character Name : Station Master

Original Name : Ian Latimer

Gender : Male

Siegbert Prawer

Character Name : Man Asking a Question

Original Name : Siegbert Prawer

Gender : Male

Susie Lindeman

Character Name : Dolly Wilcox

Original Name : Susie Lindeman

Gender : Male

Nicola Duffett

Character Name : Jacky Bast

Original Name : Nicola Duffett

Gender : Female

Mark Tandy

Character Name : Luncheon Guests

Original Name : Mark Tandy

Gender : Male

Andrew St. Clair

Character Name : Luncheon Guests

Original Name : Andrew St. Clair

Gender : Male

Anne Lambton

Character Name : Luncheon Guests

Original Name : Anne Lambton

Gender : Female

Emma Godfrey

Character Name : Luncheon Guests

Original Name : Emma Godfrey

Gender : Male

Duncan Brown

Character Name : Luncheon Guests

Original Name : Duncan Brown

Gender : Male

Iain Kelly

Character Name : Luncheon Guests

Original Name : Iain Kelly

Gender : Male

Atalanta White

Character Name : Maid at Howards End

Original Name : Atalanta White

Gender : Female

Gerald Paris

Character Name : Porphyrion Supervisor

Original Name : Gerald Paris

Gender : Male

Allie Byrne

Character Name : Blue-stockings

Original Name : Allie Byrne

Gender : Female

Sally Geoghegan

Character Name : Blue-stockings

Original Name : Sally Geoghegan

Gender : Male

Paula Stockbridge

Character Name : Blue-stockings

Original Name : Paula Stockbridge

Gender : Male

Bridget Duvall

Character Name : Blue-stockings

Original Name : Bridget Duvall

Gender : Male

Lucy Freeman

Character Name : Blue-stockings

Original Name : Lucy Freeman

Gender : Female

Harriet Stewart

Character Name : Blue-stockings

Original Name : Harriet Stewart

Gender : Male

Tina Leslie

Character Name : Blue-stockings

Original Name : Tina Leslie

Gender : Male

Mark Payton

Character Name : Percy Cahill

Original Name : Mark Payton

Gender : Male

Delaney Davidson

Character Name : Simpson's Carver

Original Name : Delaney Davidson

Gender : Male

Mary McWilliams

Character Name : Wilcox Baby

Original Name : Mary McWilliams

Gender : Male

Barbara Hicks

Character Name : Miss Avery

Original Name : Barbara Hicks

Gender : Female

Rodney Rymell

Character Name : Chauffeur

Original Name : Rodney Rymell

Gender : Male

Luke Parry

Character Name : Tom, the Farmer's Boy

Original Name : Luke Parry

Gender : Male

Antony Gilding

Character Name : Bank Supervisor

Original Name : Antony Gilding

Gender : Male

Peter Cellier

Character Name : Colonel Fussell

Original Name : Peter Cellier

Gender : Male

Patricia Lawrence

Character Name : Wedding Guests

Original Name : Patricia Lawrence

Gender : Female

Margery Mason

Character Name : Wedding Guests

Original Name : Margery Mason

Gender : Female

Jim Bowden

Character Name : Martlett

Original Name : Jim Bowden

Gender : Male

Alan James

Character Name : Porphyrion Chief Clerk

Original Name : Alan James

Gender : Male

Jocelyn Cobb

Character Name : Telegraph Operator

Original Name : Jocelyn Cobb

Gender : Male

Peter Darling

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Peter Darling

Gender : Male

Terence Sach

Character Name : Delivery Man

Original Name : Terence Sach

Gender : Male

Brian Lipson

Character Name : Police Inspector

Original Name : Brian Lipson

Gender : Male

Mary Nash

Character Name : Pianist

Original Name : Mary Nash

Gender : Male

Barr Heckstall-Smith

Character Name : Helen's Child

Original Name : Barr Heckstall-Smith

Gender : Male

Simon Callow

Character Name : Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)

Original Name : Simon Callow

Gender : Male

Reviews

badelf

@badelf

2023-11-22

The script itself is not up the level of Remains of the Day, but then E.M.Forster is not Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go). Nevertheless E.M.Forster gives us a huge, complex story that holds our interest for the entire 142 minutes. And the Ivory-Merchant team contributes a beautiful setpiece, complete with perfect cinematography, locations, costumes and a team of the finest actors in Britain. And two of the Redgrave family to play mother and daughter. The acting from everyone on screen is phenomenal!

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-23

I think this might be the pinnacle of the Merchant Ivory storytelling world (with thanks to E.M. Forster), as a strong ensemble cast assembles to tell a tale of Edwardian Britain that brings into stark focus a class system that is just beginning to show some cracks. "Wilcox" (Anthony Hopkins) is what I suppose you'd call nouveau riche. A millionaire industrialist who has acquired quite a few grand country properties from the increasingly impoverished aristocracy. When his first wife (Vanessa Redgrave) dies at the eponymous country cottage, she has apparently promised it to her friend "Margaret" (Emma Thompson) but the family choose to disregard the bequeathing letter and she is none the wiser. Meantime, her well meaning and quite fussy sister "Helen" (Helena Bonham-Carter) has become aware of the hard working clerk "Bast" (Samuel West) who is married, sympathetically but rather unlovingly, to "Jacky" (Nicola Duffett) and not without ambition. "Wilcox" is set upon remarrying, and it's "Margaret" who gets the nod. Thing is, though, can there ever be any chance of any real love between them, or indeed for any of them, as the family ghosts - past and present, come back to haunt them and poor "Bast"? It's a grand looking saga this, and it plays the politics of the day well as there are three initially distinct strata of society gradually intermingling, some more willingly than others, throughout the unfolding drama. I actually thought it was the engaging effort from Duffett that stole the show, but Redgrave also contributes well, if briefly, as the ailing "Mrs. Wilcox" and Samuel West also stands out, portraying his character as a decent man who is a fish-out-of water at the best of times, but even more adrift after entrusting himself and his affairs to "Helen". It's a characterful study of human nature that shows up hypocrisy and delivers kindness, showcases nicely all the artifice of the creative talent and is worth a watch.