• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1995-09-10
  • Runtime118 minutes
  • TaglineAn elegant seduction. An erotic deception. A stunning revelation.
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreDrama, Romance
  • Production
    CompaniesPlayhouse International Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Film4 Productions
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.

Casts

Mark Rylance

Kristin Scott Thomas

Patsy Kensit

Jeremy Kemp

Douglas Henshall

Annette Badland

Chris Larkin

Anna Massey