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Bookmark this pageThe Europeans (1979)
Director: James Ivory
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A wonderfully elegant adaptation of Henry James' early novel about the impact of a sophisticated but impecunious European countess and her brother on their wealthy country cousins in America. Staged with affection, insight, a whole fistful of superb performances and exquisite settings. Odd, though, that Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's otherwise excellent script fails to note James' distinction between the Countess, who is a fortune-hunter, and her brother who is not; without it, the subtlest irony of this comedy of manners goes by the board.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Cast: Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Tim Woodward, Wesley Addy, Lisa Eichhorn, Nancy New, Tim Choate, Kristin Griffith full cast
Duration: 83 mins
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