Amy Foster
Original Title
Swept from the Sea- Director: Beeban Kidron
- Writer: Joseph Conrad; Tim Willocks
- Producer: Devon Dickson; Beeban Kidron
CGiii Comment
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