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The Wings of the Dove

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The Wings of the Dove

Sep 4, 1997

1h 42m

★ 6.6

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Miramax

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Cast

Helena Bonham Carter

Kate Croy

Helena Bonham Carter

Linus Roache

Merton Densher

Linus Roache

Alison Elliott

Millie Theale

Alison Elliott

Elizabeth McGovern

Susan Stringham

Elizabeth McGovern

Charlotte Rampling

Aunt Maude

Charlotte Rampling

Alex Jennings

Lord Mark

Alex Jennings

Michael Gambon

Lionel Croy

Michael Gambon

Ben Miles

Journalist 1

Ben Miles

Philip Wright

Journalist 2

Philip Wright

Diana Kent

Merton's Party Companion

Diana Kent

No Image

Butler

Alexander John

No Image

Opium Den Lady

Shirley Chantrell

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