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Cold Comfort Farm

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Cold Comfort Farm

Jan 1, 1995

1h 35m

★ 6.8

She discovered a new branch of her family tree... the one with all the nuts.

Overview

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Thames Television

BBC Film

BBC

Thames International

Cold Comfort Farm Trailers

Cast

Eileen Atkins

Judith Starkadder

Eileen Atkins

Kate Beckinsale

Flora Poste

Kate Beckinsale

Sheila Burrell

Ada Doom

Sheila Burrell

Stephen Fry

Mybug

Stephen Fry

Freddie Jones

Adam Lambsbreath

Freddie Jones

Joanna Lumley

Mary Smiling

Joanna Lumley

Ian McKellen

Amos Starkadder

Ian McKellen

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Beetle

Miriam Margolyes

Rufus Sewell

Seth Starkadder

Rufus Sewell

Ivan Kaye

Reuben Starkadder

Ivan Kaye

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Urk

Jeremy Peters

No Image

Elfine Starkadder

Maria Miles

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