The Children (1990 film)

1990 film by Tony Palmer

The Children

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Directed by| Tony Palmer
Written by|

* Edith Wharton
* Timberlake Wertenbaker

Produced by|

* Karin Bamborough
* Maureen Murray
* Georg Bogner
* Harold Albrecht
* Arno Ortmair
* Andrew Montgomery
* Monika Aubele

Starring|

* Ben Kingsley
* Kim Novak
* Siri Neal
* Geraldine Chaplin

Cinematography| Nicholas D. Knowland
Edited by| Tony Palmer
Music by| Evelyn Glennie

Release date

* 1990 (1990)

Running time

| 115 minutes
Countries|

* United Kingdom
* West Germany

Language| English

The Children is a 1990 British–German drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Kim Novak and Britt Ekland.[1] It is based on the 1928 novel by Edith Wharton.

## Cast

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* Ben Kingsley as Martin Boyne
* Kim Novak as Rose Sellars
* Britt Ekland as Lady Zinnia Wrench
* Donald Sinden as Lord Wrench
* Geraldine Chaplin as Joyce Wheater
* Joe Don Baker as Cliffe Wheater
* Siri Neal as Judith
* Karen Black as Sybil Lullmer
* Robert Stephens as Azariah Dobree
* Rupert Graves as Gerald Ormerod
* Terence Rigby as Duke of Mendip
* Marie Helvin as Princess Buondelmonte
* Rosemary Leach as Miss Scope
* Mark Asquith as Terry
* Ian Hawkes as Bun
* Anouk Fontaine as Blanca
* Eileen Hawkes as Beechy
* Hermione Eyre as Zinnie
* Edward Michie as Chip

## See also

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* The Marriage Playground (1929)

## References

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1. ^ BFI.org

## Further reading

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* Tibbetts, John C., and James M. Welsh, eds. The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film (2nd ed. 2005) pp 52–53.

## External links

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* The Children at IMDb
* The Children at Rotten Tomatoes

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Edith Wharton

Novels|

* The House of Mirth (1905)
* The Reef (1912)
* The Custom of the Country (1913)
* Summer (1917)
* The Age of Innocence (1920)
* The Glimpses of the Moon (1922)
* Twilight Sleep (1927)
* The Buccaneers (1938)

Novellas
and novelette|

* The Touchstone (1900)
* Ethan Frome (1911)
* Bunner Sisters (1916)
* Old New York (1924)

Short story
collections|

* The Greater Inclination (1899)
* Crucial Instances (1901)

Non-fiction|

* The Decoration of Houses (1897)
* Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort (1915)

As editor|

* The Book of the Homeless (1916)

Adaptations|

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* The House of Mirth (1918)
* The Glimpses of the Moon (1923)
* The Age of Innocence (1924)
* The Marriage Playground (1929)
* The Age of Innocence (1934)
* Strange Wives (1934)
* The Old Maid (1939)
* The Children (1990)
* Ethan Frome (1993)
* The Age of Innocence (1993)
* The Reef (1999)
* The House of Mirth (2000)

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Television|

* The House of Mirth (1981)
* The Buccaneers (1995)
* The Buccaneers (2023)

Related|

* The Mount (Lenox, Massachusetts)

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