The Clothes in the Wardrobe
6.4
“Where innocence is lost.”
Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl. Both bride- and groom-to-be still live with their mothers in the humdrum suburb of Croydon. However Margaret has been acting strangely ever since a vacation in Egypt, where she stayed with her mother's friend Marie-Claire. She secretly despises Syl, but does not resist when her mother, who has repressed the failure of her own matrimony, insists on marriage for the sake of social convention.
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Cast
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Jeanne Moreau
Lili
Known for
Jules and Jim
Elevator to the Gallows
Joan Plowright
Mrs. Monro
Known for
101 Dalmatians
Dennis the Menace
Julie Walters
Monica
Known for
Brave
Billy Elliot
Lena Headey
Margaret
Known for
Game of Thrones
300
David Threlfall
Syl
Known for
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Shameless
Maggie Steed
Mrs Raffald
Known for
Chewing Gum
A Cure for Wellness
John Wood
Robert
Known for
WarGames
Chocolat
Gwyneth Strong
Cynthia
Known for
The Great Train Robbery
Only Fools and Horses
Roger Lloyd Pack
Derek
Known for
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Only Fools and Horses
Catherine Schell
Marie-Claire
Known for
Dracula
Space: 1999
Tommy Duggan
Father O'Flynn
Known for
The Omen
Let's Not Get Angry
Britta Smith
Mother Joseph
Known for
The Magdalene Sisters
Circle of Friends
Waris Hussein Director · Martin Sherman Writer Alice Thomas Ellis Author
Budget $6.2M · United States release December 21, 1993 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$6,200,000
Production
Screen Two
Production
BBC
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 17, 1993
TV · BBC
United States · December 21, 1993
Theatrical
Australia
May 13, 1994 · Theatrical
France
September 16, 1994 · TV · Canal+
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