Oscar and Lucinda
“They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.”
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
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Cast
42 people
Ralph Fiennes
Oscar Hopkins
Known for
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Schindler's List
Cate Blanchett
Lucinda Leplastrier
Known for
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Ciarán Hinds
Reverend Dennis Hasset
Known for
Rome
The Woman in Black
Tom Wilkinson
Hugh Stratton
Known for
Batman Begins
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Richard Roxburgh
Mr. Jeffries
Known for
Van Helsing
Mission: Impossible II
Christian Manon
Mr. Tomasetti
Known for
Mission: Impossible II
Queen of the Damned
Clive Russell
Theophilus
Known for
Game of Thrones
Dracula
Barnaby Kay
Wardley-Fish
Known for
Treasure Island
The Five
Linda Bassett
Betty Stratton
Known for
Call the Midwife
Sense and Sensibility
Geoffrey Rush
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The King's Speech
Basil Clarke
Elderly Parishoner
Known for
Young Einstein
The Blood of Heroes
Andrea Moor
Miss Shaddock
Known for
Return to Nim's Island
A Prince in Paradise
Gillian Armstrong Director · Laura Jones Screenplay Peter Carey Author
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $16M · United States release December 31, 1997
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Budget
$16,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,897,404
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production
Dalton Films
Production
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production
Fox 2000 Pictures
Production
Australia · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · December 31, 1997
Theatrical
Australia
January 22, 1998 · Theatrical
Germany
January 22, 1998 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 26, 1998 · Theatrical
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