"In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin."
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Newland Archer
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Ellen Olenska
Winona Ryder
as May Welland
Alexis Smith
as Louisa van der Luyden
Geraldine Chaplin
as Mrs. Welland
Jonathan Pryce
as Rivière
Richard E. Grant
as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
Alec McCowen
as Sillerton Jackson
Mary Beth Hurt
as Regina Beaufort
Stuart Wilson
as Julius Beaufort
Howard Erskine
as Beaufort Guest
John McLoughlin
as Party Guest
Christopher Nilsson
Miriam Margolyes
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Siân Phillips
as Mrs. Archer
Carolyn Farina
as Janey Archer
Michael Gough
as Henry van der Luyden
Joanne Woodward
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Sean Leonard
as Theodore "Ted" Archer
June Squibb
as Mingott Maid
Thomas Gibson
as Stage Actor
Tracey Ellis
as Gertrude Lefferts
Norman Lloyd
as Letterblair
W.B. Brydon
as Mr. Urban Dagonet
Cristina Pronzati
as Countess Olenska's Maid
Clement Fowler
as Florist
Cindy Katz
as Stage Actress
Kevin Sanders
as The Duke
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
as Katie Blenker
Mac Orange
as Archer Maid
Brian Davies
as Philip
Thomas Barbour
as Archer Guest
Henry Fehren
as Bishop
Patricia Dunnock
as Mary Archer
Kevin Ash
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Susan Lynn Bragg
as Debutante (uncredited)
Pasquale Cajano
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Tanya Carrasco
Tamasin Day-Lewis
as Lady Admiring Engagement Ring at Beaufort Ball (uncredited)
John Maczko
as Society Gentleman (uncredited)
Catherine Scorsese
as Elderly Woman at Jersey City Station (uncredited)
Charles Scorsese
as Elderly Man at Jersey City Station (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese
as Photographer (uncredited)
Michael Trout
as Man in Crowd / Gentleman with Lady (uncredited)
Director
Edith Wharton
Novel
Jay Cocks
Screenplay
Barbara De Fina
Producer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
Joseph P. Reidy
Associate Producer
Bruce S. Pustin
Co-Producer
Elaine Bass
Title Designer
Saul Bass
Unit Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Joseph R. Burns
Second Assistant Director
Speed Hopkins
Art Direction
Dan Davis
Assistant Art Director
Robert Preziola
Carl Sprague
Robert J. Franco
Set Decoration
Amy Marshall
Dave Weinman
Lead Set Dresser
Kay Chapin
Script Supervisor
David M. Dunlap
Camera Operator
Florian Ballhaus
First Assistant Camera
Bobby Mancuso
Second Assistant Camera
Larry McConkey
Steadicam Operator
Anastas N. Michos
Patricia Anne Doherty
Assistant Production Manager
Location Manager
George Potts
Assistant Costume Designer
Tod A. Maitland
Production Sound Mixer
T.J. O'Mara
Boom Operator
Deirdre N. Williams
Wardrobe Supervisor
Hartsell Taylor
Allen Weisinger
Makeup Artist
Manlio Rocchetti
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Alan D'Angerio
Hair Designer
Michael Kriston
Hairstylist
Peter Owen
Wigmaker
Ray Quinlan
Chief Lighting Technician
Jim Manzione
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Dennis Gamiello
Key Grip
Susan E. Fiore
Second Second Assistant Director
James Mazzola
Property Master
Phillip V. Caruso
Still Photographer
Ronnie Specter
Eugene Gearty
Sound Effects Editor
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor
Dante Ferretti
Production Design
Gabriella Pescucci
Costume Design
Ellen Lewis
Casting