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Persuasion

A love lost, but never forgotten

1995 · PG · 1h 47m

Directed by Roger Michell

7.2

TMDB audience score
156 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.

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Cast

  • Amanda Root
    Anne Elliott

  • Ciarán Hinds
    Captain Frederick Wentworth

  • Susan Fleetwood
    Lady Russell

  • Corin Redgrave
    Sir Walter Elliot

  • Fiona Shaw
    Mrs. Croft

  • John Woodvine
    Admiral Croft

  • Phoebe Nicholls
    Elizabeth Elliot

  • Samuel West
    Mr. Elliot

  • Sophie Thompson
    Mary Musgrove

  • Simon Russell Beale
    Charles Musgrove

  • Felicity Dean
    Mrs. Clay

  • Judy Cornwell
    Mrs. Musgrove

  • Roger Hammond
    Mr. Musgrove

  • Victoria Hamilton
    Henrietta Musgrove

  • Emma Roberts
    Louisa Musgrove

  • Robert Glenister
    Captain Harville

  • Richard McCabe
    Captain Benwick

  • Helen Schlesinger
    Mrs. Smith