An Ideal Husband
“He just doesn't know it yet.”
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
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Cast
21 people
Cate Blanchett
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
Known for
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Minnie Driver
Miss Mabel Chiltern
Known for
Tarzan
Good Will Hunting
Rupert Everett
Lord Arthur Goring
Known for
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Shrek 2
Julianne Moore
Mrs. Laura Cheveley
Known for
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Big Lebowski
Jeremy Northam
Sir Robert Chiltern
Known for
The Tudors
The Crown
Peter Vaughan
Phipps
Known for
Game of Thrones
The 10th Kingdom
Ben Pullen
Tommy Trafford
Known for
Elizabeth I
Last Sentinel
Marsha Fitzalan
Countess
Known for
The New Statesman
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lindsay Duncan
Lady Markby
Known for
Sherlock
Rome
John Wood
Lord Caversham
Known for
WarGames
Chocolat
Simon Russell Beale
Sir Edward
Known for
House of the Dragon
Penny Dreadful
Charles Edwards
Jack
Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Crown
Oliver Parker Director · Oscar Wilde Author Charlie Mole Composer
Worldwide gross $18M · Budget $14M · United States release April 15, 1999
Box office
Budget
$14,000,000
Worldwide gross
$18,500,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Fragile Films
Production
Icon Productions
Production
Pathé
Production
Arts Council of England
Production
Miramax
Production · Studio
Pyramide Productions
Production
France · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Spain · January 14, 1999
Theatrical
United States · April 15, 1999
Theatrical
Germany
December 23, 1999 · Theatrical
Poland
August 9, 2001 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 11, 1999 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
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