Mrs. Soffel

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Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 American period crime drama film starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson, based on the true story of a warden’s wife who helps two convicted murderers escape from a Pittsburgh prison.

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instanceOf American film
crime drama film
film
period film
basedOn Biddle brothers prison escape
true story
cinematographyBy Russell Boyd
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Gillian Armstrong
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
distributorRegion North America
editedBy Nicholas Beauman
filmingStyle period drama
filmRating PG-13
genre crime drama
romantic drama
hasCastMember Diane Keaton
Edward Herrmann
Matthew Modine
Mel Gibson
mainCharacter Kate Soffel
mainCharacterOccupation prison warden’s wife
musicBy Mark Isham
narrativeFocus forbidden romance
prison escape
notableFor depiction of a real-life prison escape in early 20th-century Pittsburgh
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A warden’s wife falls in love with a condemned prisoner and helps him and his brother escape from prison.
producer Edward S. Feldman
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1984-12-14
releaseYear 1984
runtimeMinutes 112
screenwriter Ron Nyswaner
Sylvia Nasar
settingLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh
settingTimePeriod early 1900s
starring Diane Keaton
Edward Herrmann
Matthew Modine
Mel Gibson

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Gillian Armstrong directorOf Mrs. Soffel