Movie
The Scarlet Letter
When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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Checked Sep 5, 2026
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Synopsis
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
More about The Scarlet Letter
Cast
Demi MooreHester Prynne
Gary OldmanRev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert DuvallRoger Chillingworth
Lisa AndohMituba
Edward HardwickeGov. John Bellingham
Robert ProskyHorace Stonehall
Roy DotriceRev. Thomas Cheever
Joan PlowrightHarriet HibbonsCredits
- Directed by
- Roland Joffé
- Written by
- Douglas Day Stewart, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $10.4M
Production
Cinergi PicturesUnited States
LightmotiveUnited Kingdom- Allied StarsUnited Kingdom
Moving PicturesUnited States
