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The Handmaid's Tale

1990·1h 48m·R
DramaRomanceThrillerSci-Fi
IMDb Rating
★ 6.0/10
12,297 votes
Metascore
53
Metacritic

Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.

The Handmaid's Tale is a 1990 drama romance movie directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth McGovern, Aidan Quinn. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.0/10 from 12,297 votes and runs 1h 48m.

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Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Stars
Faye Dunaway
Elizabeth McGovern
Aidan Quinn
Natasha Richardson
Details
1990-03-09
108 min
Movie
R
★ United States, Germany
★ English
Keywords
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