Handmaid's Tale (The)
- Director: Volker Schlöndorff
- Writer: Margaret Atwood; Harold Pinter
- Producer: Alex Gartner; Wolfgang Glattes
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Set in a Fascistic future America, The Handmaid's Tale tells the story of Kate, a handmaid. In this America, the religious right has taken over and gone hog-wild. Kate is a criminal, guilty of the crime of trying to escape from the US, and is sentenced to become a Handmaid. The job of a Handmaid is to bear the children of the man to whom she is assigned. After ruthless group training by Aunt Lydia in the proper way to behave, Kate is assigned as Handmaid to the Commander. Kate is attracted to Nick, the Commander's chauffeur. At the same time, a resistance movement begins to challenge the regime.
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Cast & Characters
Natasha Richardson as Kate / Offred;
Faye Dunaway as Serena Joy;
Aidan Quinn as Nick;
Elizabeth McGovern as Moira;
Victoria Tennant as Aunt Lydia;
Robert Duvall as Commander;
Blanche Baker as Ofglen;
Traci Lind as Janine / Ofwarren;
Zoey Wilson as Aunt Helena;
Kathryn Doby as Aunt Elizabeth