Howards End
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Howards End

Based on the Novel by E.M. Forster

7.0 / 10 1992 2h 22mPG English
DramaRomance

Storyline

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

Cast & Crew

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Margaret Schlegel

Lead
Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Helen Schlegel

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Henry J. Wilcox

Samuel West

Samuel West

Leonard Bast

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Ruth Wilcox

Adrian Ross Magenty

Adrian Ross Magenty

Tibby Schlegel

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Aunt Juley

James Wilby

James Wilby

Charles Wilcox

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. James Ivory's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Howards End is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker