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Swept from the Sea

In the heart of an outcast, he found his destiny. In the passion of an outsider, she found her home.

1998 · PG-13 · 1h 53m

Directed by Beeban Kidron

6.4

TMDB audience score
78 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.

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Cast

  • Rachel Weisz
    Amy Foster

  • Vincent Perez
    Yanko

  • Ian McKellen
    Dr. James Kennedy

  • Kathy Bates
    Miss Swaffer

  • Joss Ackland
    Mr. Swaffer

  • Tony Haygarth
    Mr. Smith

  • Fiona Victory
    Mrs. Smith

  • Tom Bell
    Isaac Foster

  • Zoë Wanamaker
    Mary Foster

  • William Scott-Masson
    Mr. Wilcox

  • Eve Matheson
    Mrs. Wilcox

  • Dave Hill
    Jack Vincent

  • Roger Ashton-Griffiths
    Canon Van Stone

  • Matthew Scurfield

  • Margery Withers

  • Janine Duvitski

  • Willie Ross

  • Janet Henfrey