Adam Bede

Overview

Rich and languorous, this adaptation of George Eliot's classic tale perfectly evokes rural England in the 18th Century. But beneath the tranquil surface of this pastoral idyll run deep passions and the bitter gall of betrayal.

Directed by Giles Foster

Top cast

Iain Glen

Adam Bede

Patsy Kensit

Hetty Sorrel

Susannah Harker

Dinah Morris

James Wilby

Arthur Donnithorne

Julia McKenzie

Mrs. Poyser

Robert Stephens

Reverend Irwine

Jean Marsh

Lisbeth Bede

Freddie Jones

Old Squire

Michael Percival

Court Official

Edward Jewesbury

Judge

B

Brian Osborne

Jury Spokesman

Paul Brooke

Martin Poyser

T

Tacita Haffenden

Totty Poyser

C

Chase Marks

Tommy Poyser

W

William Holmes

Marty Poyser

Alan Cox

Seth Bede

Michael Robbins

Thias Bede

Jonathan Coy

Pym

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