The Scarlet Letter
When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
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10/13/1995Runtime
135 minsOverview
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$50,000,000Revenue
$10,382,407Homepage
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A lush, passionate defiance of rigid morality set against the unforgiving backdrop of Puritan Boston, where one woman's refusal to conform becomes an act of courage. The film trades literary subtlety for sweeping romance and visual grandeur, turning forbidden desire into a battleground between individual integrity and collective judgment.
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Heads up
Demi Moore
Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall
Roger Chillingworth
Lisa Andoh
Mituba
Edward Hardwicke
Gov. John Bellingham
Robert Prosky
Horace Stonehall
Roy Dotrice
Rev. Thomas Cheever
Joan Plowright
Harriet Hibbons
Malcolm Storry
Maj. Dunsmuir
James Bearden
Goodman Mortimer
Larissa Laskin
Goody Mortimer
Amy Wright
Goody Gotwick
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