Cold Comfort Farm
“She discovered a new branch of her family tree... the one with all the nuts.”
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.
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Cast
26 people
Eileen Atkins
Judith Starkadder
Known for
Cold Mountain
Robin Hood
Kate Beckinsale
Flora Poste
Known for
Underworld
Click
Sheila Burrell
Ada Doom
Known for
Paranoiac
Stephen Fry
Mybug
Known for
V for Vendetta
The Sandman
Freddie Jones
Adam Lambsbreath
Known for
The Elephant Man
Dune
Joanna Lumley
Mary Smiling
Known for
Wednesday
The Wolf of Wall Street
Ian McKellen
Amos Starkadder
Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Beetle
Known for
Babe
James and the Giant Peach
Rufus Sewell
Seth Starkadder
Known for
Dark City
The Man in the High Castle
Ivan Kaye
Reuben Starkadder
Known for
Vikings
Dark Shadows
Jeremy Peters
Urk
Also in
In the Beginning
Spaced
Maria Miles
Elfine Starkadder
Known for
Luther
Dublin Murders
John Schlesinger Director · Malcolm Bradbury Screenplay Stella Gibbons Author
Worldwide gross $5.7M · First release January 1, 1995 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,682,429
Production
Thames Television
Production
BBC Film
Production · Studio
BBC
Production
Thames International
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 1995
TV · BBC One
United Kingdom · April 25, 1995
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 12, 1997 · Theatrical
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