Persuasion

Persuasion

104 mins | Drama, Romance | May 1, 1995

Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- who is now rich, successful, and perhaps still in love with Anne.

Persuasion

104 mins | Drama, Romance | May 1, 1995

Persuasion
Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- who is now rich, successful, and perhaps still in love with Anne.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers BBC Films
Original title Persuasion
Directors Roger Michell
Writers Catherine Wearing, Nick Dear, Jane Austen

Cast

Amanda Root

as Anne Elliott

CiarĂ¡n Hinds

as Captain Frederick Wentworth

Susan Fleetwood

as Lady Russell

Fiona Shaw

as Mrs. Croft

John Woodvine

as Admiral Croft

Phoebe Nicholls

as Elizabeth Elliot

Samuel West

as Mr. Elliot

Sophie Thompson

as Mary Musgrave

Judy Cornwell

as Mrs. Musgrove

Simon Russell Beale

as Charles Musgrove

Felicity Dean

as Mrs. Clay

Roger Hammond

as Mr. Musgrove

Victoria Hamilton

as Henrietta Musgrove

Emma Roberts

as Louisa Musgrove

Robert Glenister

as Captain Harvile

Richard McCabe

as Captain Benwick

Helen Schlesinger

as Mrs. Smith

Jane Wood

as Nurse Rooke

David Collings

as Mr. Shepherd

Darlene Johnson

as Lady Dairympie

Cinnamon Faye

as Miss Carteret

Isaac Maxwell-Hunt

as Henry Hayter

Roger Llewellyn

as Sir Henry Willoughby

Sally George

as Mrs. Harville

Lonnie James

as Jemima

Corin Redgrave

as Sir Walter Eliot