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The Wings of the Dove

"A couple with everything but money. An heiress with everything but love. A temptation no one could resist."

1997-09-04
6.651
en 102m
DramaRomance
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

Costume Design

Sandy Powell

Director

Iain Softley

Props

Bill Hargreaves

Screenplay

Hossein Amini

Assistant Art Director

Ray Chan

Novel

Henry James

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

Companies

  • Miramax

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