1990 film The Handmaid's Tale

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drama film dystopian film film

The 1990 film "The Handmaid's Tale" is a dystopian drama based on Margaret Atwood's novel, depicting a theocratic regime that subjugates women and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude.

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The Handmaid's Tale (1990 film) 2
1990 film The Handmaid's Tale canonical 1
The Handmaid's Tale (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
dystopian film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ
surface form: The Handmaid's Tale (novel)
basedOnAuthor Margaret Atwood ⓘ
castMember Aidan Quinn ⓘ
Blanche Baker ⓘ
Cynthia Nixon ⓘ
Doreen Mantle ⓘ
Elizabeth McGovern ⓘ
Faye Dunaway ⓘ
Natasha Richardson ⓘ
Rita Tushingham ⓘ
Robert Duvall ⓘ
Robert Joy ⓘ
Traci Lind ⓘ
Victoria Tennant ⓘ
cinematographyBy Igor Luther ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Volker Schlöndorff ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor MGM/UA Communications Co. ⓘ
surface form: MGM-UA Communications Co.
editedBy Bill Blunden ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
dystopian ⓘ
hasAdaptationSourceType novel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainCharacter Offred ⓘ
musicBy Ryuichi Sakamoto ⓘ
notableFor early screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Depicts a theocratic regime that subjugates women and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude ⓘ
producer Daniel Wilson ⓘ
John A. MacDonald ⓘ
productionCompany Cinecom Entertainment Group ⓘ
Cinecom Entertainment Group ⓘ
surface form: Cinecom Pictures
protagonistPortrayedBy Natasha Richardson ⓘ
releaseYear 1990 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 109 ⓘ
screenwriter Harold Pinter ⓘ
setting The Testaments ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Gilead

near-future theocratic dictatorship ⓘ
theme religious fundamentalism ⓘ
reproductive control ⓘ
totalitarianism ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
title The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

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The Handmaid's Tale → adaptedAs → 1990 film The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ
Kira Snyder → workedOn → 1990 film The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Handmaid’s Tale
Victoria Tennant → notableWork → 1990 film The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Handmaid's Tale (film)
MGM film library → includesNotableTitle → 1990 film The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Handmaid's Tale (1990 film)
Natasha Richardson → notableWork → 1990 film The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Handmaid's Tale (1990 film)