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The Handmaid's Tale is a 1990 dystopian film adapted from Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, the film stars Natasha Richardson (Offred), Faye Dunaway (Serena Joy), Robert Duvall (The Commander), Aidan Quinn (Nick), and Elizabeth McGovern (Moira).
- Daniel Wilson
- Harold Pinter
Mar 9, 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. With Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern. Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.
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- Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Volker Schlöndorff
- 1990-03-09
124. 17. Play trailer 2:17. 1. 93 Videos. 99+ Photos. Drama Sci-Fi Thriller. Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. Creator. Bruce Miller. Stars. Elisabeth Moss. Yvonne Strahovski. Ann Dowd. See production info at IMDbPro. Season 6 premiere. 2025. STREAMING. S1-5. RENT/BUY
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- Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- TV-MA
- 2017-04-26
Movie Info. Synopsis In a futuristic, theocratic and dystopian United States, Offred (Natasha Richardson) is forced to become a handmaid -- a sexual slave that serves as a surrogate for couples...
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- Volker Schlöndorff
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- Natasha Richardson
Sep 8, 2022 · By Elisa Guimarães. Published Sep 8, 2022. Despite its star-studded cast and its award-winning director, the first screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel remains largely forgotten. Image Via...
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The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016.
Summaries. Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families. In a future dystopian land (formerly the United States of America), the story tells of Kate, a "handmaid".