
102 minutes
3/1/1992
Rich and languorous, this adaptation of George Eliot's classic tale perfectly evokes rural England in the 18th Century. But beneath the tranquil surface of this pastoral idyll run deep passions and the bitter gall of betrayal.

Iain Glen
as Adam Bede

Patsy Kensit
as Hetty Sorrel

Susannah Harker
as Dinah Morris

James Wilby
as Arthur Donnithorne

Julia McKenzie
as Mrs. Poyser

Robert Stephens
as Reverend Irwine

Jean Marsh
as Lisbeth Bede

Freddie Jones
as Old Squire

Michael Percival
as Court Official

Edward Jewesbury
as Judge
Brian Osborne
as Jury Spokesman

Paul Brooke
as Martin Poyser
Tacita Haffenden
as Totty Poyser
Chase Marks
as Tommy Poyser
William Holmes
as Marty Poyser

Alan Cox
as Seth Bede

Michael Robbins
as Thias Bede

Jonathan Coy
as Pym