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Amy Foster
Original Title
Swept from the Sea- Director: Beeban Kidron
- Writer: Joseph Conrad; Tim Willocks
- Producer: Devon Dickson; Beeban Kidron
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The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
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Cast & Characters
Rachel Weisz as Amy Foster;
Vincent Perez as Yanko Gooral;
Ian McKellen as Dr. James Kennedy;
Kathy Bates as Miss Swaffer;
Joss Ackland as Mr. Swaffer;
Tony Haygarth as Mr. Smith;
Fiona Victory as Mrs. Smith;
Tom Bell as Isaac Foster;
Zoe Wanamaker as Mary Foster;
William Scott-Masson as Mr. Willcox;
Eve Matheson as Mrs. Willcox;
Dave Hill as Jack Vincent;
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Canon Van Stone;
Matthew Scurfield as Thackery;
Margery Withers as Widow Cree