The Scarlet Letter
“When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.”
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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Cast
43 people
Demi Moore
Hester Prynne
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Gary Oldman
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
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Robert Duvall
Roger Chillingworth
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Lisa Andoh
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Edward Hardwicke
Gov. John Bellingham
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Robert Prosky
Horace Stonehall
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Roy Dotrice
Rev. Thomas Cheever
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Joan Plowright
Harriet Hibbons
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Malcolm Storry
Maj. Dunsmuir
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James Bearden
Goodman Mortimer
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Larissa Laskin
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Amy Wright
Goody Gotwick
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Roland Joffé Director · Douglas Day Stewart Screenplay Nathaniel Hawthorne Author
Worldwide gross $10M · Budget $50M · United States release October 13, 1995
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Budget
$50,000,000
Worldwide gross
$10,382,407
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Cinergi Pictures
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Lightmotive
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Allied Stars
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Moving Pictures
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Buena Vista Pictures
Studio
Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
Production
Hollywood Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · October 13, 1995
Theatrical
United States · October 13, 1995
Theatrical
Brazil
August 31, 2021 · Digital · Star+
Czechia
April 11, 1996 · Theatrical
France
April 24, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
April 17, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
December 20, 1995 · Theatrical
Japan
December 9, 1995 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 9, 1995 · Theatrical
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