Genres
Production Companies
Lightmotive
Allied Stars
Moving Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
The Scarlet Letter
When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Roland Joffé
Screenplay: Douglas Day Stewart
Producer: Roland Joffé, Andrew G. Vajna
Director of Photography: Alex Thomson
Top Cast
Demi Moore
Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall
Roger Chillingworth
Robert Prosky
Horace Stonehall
Edward Hardwicke
Gov. John Bellingham
Joan Plowright
Harriet Hibbons
Roy Dotrice
Rev. Thomas Cheever
Larissa Laskin
Goody Mortimer
Videos
The Scarlet Letter (1995) ORIGINAL TRAILER
