Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Rating: 6.8/10
Duration: 95 min
Director(s): John Schlesinger,
Description:
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.
Cast
- Joanna Lumley as Mary Smiling
- Rupert Penry-Jones as Dick Hawk-Monitor
- Kate Beckinsale as Flora Poste
- Ian McKellen as Amos Starkadder
- Stephen Fry as Mybug
- Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Beetle
- Rufus Sewell as Seth Starkadder
- Ivan Kaye as Reuben Starkadder
- Eileen Atkins as Judith Starkadder
- Sheila Burrell as Ada Doom
- Freddie Jones as Adam Lambsbreath
- Jeremy Peters as Urk
- Maria Miles as Elfine Starkadder
- Christopher Bowen as Charles Fairford
- Sophie Revell as Rennet