The Children (1990)

The love of a woman brought him back home. The love of the children brough him back to life.

After years working in Brazil, middle-aged engineer Martin Boyner returns to Switzerland to marry his longtime friend, the recently widowed Rose Sellars. En route, he encounters an old acquaintance and soon finds himself entranced by and then caring for her seven emotionally abandoned children. The oldest girl, Judith, quickly beguiles Martin with her unsettling blend of innocence and maturity. And suddenly Martin's orderly blueprint for the future is thrown into disarray as Judith's youth and spirit transform his routine life into a dangerously passionate new equation.

Cast (23)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Ben Kingsley

Martin Boyne

Kim Novak

Rose Sellars

Karen Black

Sybil Lullmer

Geraldine Chaplin

Joyce Wheater

Britt Ekland

Zinnia Wrench

Rupert Graves

Gerald Ormerod

M

Marie Helvin

The Princess

Rosemary Leach

Scopy

Terence Rigby

The Duke of Mendip

Donald Sinden

Lord Wrench

Robert Stephens

Azariah Dobree

Joe Don Baker

Cliffe Wheater

Siri Neal

Judith

M

Mark Asquith

Terry

A

Anouk Fontaine

Blanca

I

Ian Hawkes

Bun

H

Hermione Eyre

Zinnie

E

Eileen Hawkes

Beechy

E

Edward Michie

Chip

Else Quecke

Lola Müthel

A

Anne Clements

Brook Williams

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