Directed by Volker Schlöndorff Written by Margaret Atwood   Harold Pinter   Cast Natasha Richardson ... Kate Faye Dunaway ... Serena Joy Aidan Quinn ... Nick Elizabeth McGovern ... Moira Victoria Tennant ... Aunt Lydia Robert Duvall ... Commander Blanche Baker ... Ofglen Traci Lind ... Ofwarren / Janine Zoey Wilson ... Aunt Helena Kathryn Doby ... Aunt Elizabeth Reiner Schöne ... Luke (as Rainer Schoene) Lucia Hartpeng ... Cora Karma Ibsen Riley ... Aunt Sara Lucile McIntyre ... Rita Gary Bullock ... Officer on Bus Allison Holmes ... June J. Michael Hunter ... Preacher Robert D. Raiford ... Dick (as Robert Raiford) Mirjam Bohnet ... Alma Julian Bell ... T.V. Announcer (as Julian E. Bell) David Barnes ... Guard James A. Carleo III ... Angel at Desk Jim Grimshaw ... Eye in Van Ivan H. Migel ... Eye (as Ivan Migel) Doris Boggs ... Aunt Annemarie Fenske ... Aunt Christina Linda Pierce ... Another Wife Nina Lynn Blanton ... Third Wife Rhesa Reagan Stone ... Mrs. Warren Sara Seidman Vance ... Handmaid (as Sara Seidman) Muse Watson ... Guardian Janell McLeod ... Martha Elke Ritschel ... Hostess Jane Learned ... Nun Randell Haynes ... Condemned Man (as Randall Haynes) Rhonda Bond ... Black Woman Mil Nicholson ... Wardress Robert Pentz ... Guard #1 Tom McGovern ... Guard #2 Danny Simpkins ... Waiter James Martin Jr. ... Steve (as James G. Martin Jr.) Stefanie J. Chen ... Ofglen #2 Ed Grady ... Old Man (as Ed. L. Grady) Molly Sandick ... Baby Blair Struble ... Jill (as Blair Nicole Struble) Bill Owen ... T.V. Announcer #2 Uncredited Cast David Dukes ... Doctor Rob McGowan ... Street Worker Michael Tove ... Elite Soldier Produced by Alex Gartner   Wolfgang Glattes   Gale Goldberg   Eberhard Junkersdorf   Daniel Wilson   Original Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Additional Info Premiere: February 15, 1990 Theatrical Release: March 09, 1990 DVD Release: December 11, 2001 Blu-ray Release: April 18, 2017 Countries: Distributor: Shout! Factory Websites: Production Companies Bioskop Film Cinecom Entertainment Group Cinétudes Films Daniel Wilson Productions Master Partners Odyssey Distributors Cinecom Pictures   (1990) (USA) (theatrical) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Shout! Factory   (2017) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (USA) (VHS) Image Entertainment   (USA) (video) (laserdisc) The Criterion Channel   (2019) (USA) (TV) (digital) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,546 / 20,725 Site Ranking #4,542 Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous: Season 4 (2021) #4,543 Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous: Season 2 (2021) #4,544 Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous: Season 1 (2020) #4,545 American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules (2020) #4,546 The Handmaid's Tale (1990) #4,547 The Jeffersons: Season 5 (1978) #4,548 The Jeffersons: Season 7 (1980) #4,549 The Jeffersons: Season 6 (1979) #4,550 The Jeffersons: Season 4 (1977)