Movie
An Ideal Husband
He just doesn't know it yet.
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
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Synopsis
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
More about An Ideal Husband
Cast
Cate BlanchettLady Gertrude Chiltern
Minnie DriverMiss Mabel Chiltern
Rupert EverettLord Arthur Goring
Julianne MooreMrs. Laura Cheveley
Jeremy NorthamSir Robert Chiltern
Peter VaughanPhipps
Marsha FitzalanCountessCredits
- Directed by
- Oliver Parker
- Written by
- Oliver Parker
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $14M
- Box office
- $18.5M
Production
Fragile FilmsUnited Kingdom
Icon ProductionsUnited States
PathéFrance
Arts Council of EnglandUnited Kingdom
MiramaxUnited States
