Howards End
“Based on the Novel by E.M. Forster”
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
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Cast
50 people
Emma Thompson
Margaret Schlegel
Known for
Brave
Cruella
Helena Bonham Carter
Helen Schlegel
Known for
Fight Club
Corpse Bride
Anthony Hopkins
Henry J. Wilcox
Known for
Westworld
The Silence of the Lambs
Samuel West
Leonard Bast
Known for
Slow Horses
Darkest Hour
Vanessa Redgrave
Ruth Wilcox
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Atonement
Adrian Ross Magenty
Tibby Schlegel
Known for
Black Beauty
Another Country
Prunella Scales
Aunt Juley
Known for
Fawlty Towers
Wolf
James Wilby
Charles Wilcox
Known for
Maurice
The Great Train Robbery
Joseph Bennett
Paul Wilcox
Also in
The Darling Buds of May
The Dark Room
Jo Kendall
Annie
Known for
Emmerdale
Bridge of Dragons
Jemma Redgrave
Evie Wilcox
Known for
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Dracula
Crispin Bonham-Carter
Albert Fussell
Known for
Pride and Prejudice
Annie: A Royal Adventure
James Ivory Director · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Screenplay E.M. Forster Author
Worldwide gross $26M · Budget $8M · United States release March 13, 1992
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$26,126,837
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions
Production
Film Four International
Production
Nippon Film Development and Finance
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
United Kingdom · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · February 27, 1992
Premiere · New York City
United States · March 13, 1992
Limited theatrical
United States
February 26, 1993 · Theatrical
August 26, 2016 · Limited theatrical · restored re-release
Brazil
October 16, 1992 · Theatrical
Canada
March 13, 1992 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
May 28, 1993 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 28, 1992 · Premiere
France
May 10, 1992 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 13, 1992 · Theatrical
February 5, 1996 · TV · Arte
November 12, 2017 · TV · Arte, restoration
Germany
October 29, 1992 · Theatrical
Italy
October 27, 1992 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 13, 1992 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 2, 1992 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 10, 1993 · Theatrical
September 3, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Spain
February 12, 1993 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 4, 1992 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 28, 1992 · Premiere · London
May 1, 1992 · Theatrical
July 28, 2017 · Theatrical
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