"At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father."
Donal McCann
as Hamilton Echlin
Saskia Reeves
as Sarah Gilmartin
Ciarán Hinds
as Frank Echlin
Patrick Malahide
as Rev. Edwin Sorleyson
Brenda Bruce
as Martha Gilmartin
Peter Capaldi
as Young Sorleyson
Dervla Kirwan
as Young Martha
Michael McKnight
as Fergus Pentland
Geoffrey Golden
Cathleen Delany
as Agnès
Gabrielle Reidy
as Bridie
Frances Lowe
as Mrs. Victoria Sorleyson
Catherine Gibson
as Mother Pentland
Julie McDonald
as Molly
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Screenplay
David Rudkin
Novel
Director
Jonathan Cavendish
Producer
Redmond Morris
Associate Producer
James Mitchell
Executive Producer
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer
Sean Corcoran
Director of Photography
Bruno de Keyzer
Rodney Holland
Editor
Susie Figgis
Casting
Nuala Moiselle
Adrian Smith
Production Design
Steve Simmonds
Art Direction
Consolata Boyle
Costume Design
Anne Dunne
Hairstylist
Peter Lindsay
Sound
Glenn Freemantle
Sound Effects Editor