

The Wings of the Dove
1997 · Movie · 1h 42m · R
DramaRomance
"A couple with everything but money. An heiress with everything but love. A temptation no one could resist."
Overview
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
73/100
Key crew
- Iain SoftleyDirector
- Hossein AminiScreenplay
- Edward ShearmurOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Helena Bonham CarterKate Croy
- Linus RoacheMerton Densher
- Alison ElliottMillie Theale
- Elizabeth McGovernSusan Stringham
- Charlotte RamplingAunt Maude
- Alex JenningsLord Mark
- Michael GambonLionel Croy
- Ben MilesJournalist 1
- Philip WrightJournalist 2
- Diana KentMerton's Party Companion
- Alexander JohnButler
- Shirley ChantrellOpium Den Lady
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Themes
london, englandbased on novel or bookvenice, italylove trianglemasked ballgondolaforbidden loveman between two womenunrequited loveinheritancebritish high societydying woman























