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14/01/1999 Drama, Comedy, Romance 1h 37m
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He just doesn't know it yet.

Overview

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.

  1. Oliver Parker

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Cate Blanchett

    Lady Gertrude Chiltern

  2. Minnie Driver

    Miss Mabel Chiltern

  3. Rupert Everett

    Lord Arthur Goring

  4. Julianne Moore

    Mrs. Laura Cheveley

  5. Jeremy Northam

    Sir Robert Chiltern

  6. Peter Vaughan

    Phipps

  7. Ben Pullen

    Tommy Trafford

  8. Marsha Fitzalan

    Countess

  9. Lindsay Duncan

    Lady Markby

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-15
"Sir Robert Chiltern" (Jeremy Northam) is a British cabinet minister with a secret! He is determined that it remain exactly that - from his wife (Cate Blanchett) and from his political masters. Perhaps not too shrewdly, he turns to his rather underwhelming pal "Lord Goring" (Rupert Everett) whom he knows is well acquainted with his new found nemesis "Mrs. Cheveley" (Julianne Moore). With a parliamentary debate fast looming, and "Sir Robert" - in his role as a junior minister having a crucial role in a substantial government investment in Argentina - having to endorse or not, he finds himself i...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$14,000,000.00

Revenue
$18,500,000.00

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