"David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations."
Meryl Streep
as Susan Traherne
Tracey Ullman
as Alice Park
John Gielgud
as Sir Leonard Darwin
Sting
as Mick
Ian McKellen
as Sir Andrew Charleson
Sam Neill
as Lazar
Burt Kwouk
as Mr. Aung
Charles Dance
as Raymond Brock
Christopher Fairbank
as Spencer
Hugh Laurie
as Michael
John Serret
as French Farmer
André Maranne
as Villon
Tristram Jellinek
as Dauncey
Ian Wallace
as Medlicoti
Andy de la Tour
as Randall
Mitch Davies
as Harry
Lindsay Ingram
as Linda
Richard Hope
as Alistair
Andrew Seear
as Ashley
James Snell
as Vincent Tampan
Pik-Sen Lim
as Mme. Aung
Lyndon Brook
as Begley
Joan Blackham
as Miss Simpson
Peter Forbes-Robertson
as Hotel Manager
Hugo de Vernier
as Doctor
Roddy Maude-Roxby
as Committee Chairman
Roger Rowland
as Police Officer
John Kidd
as Committee Man
Tim Seely
as Sir Charles Curry
Bernard Brown
as Client
Rupert Vansittart
as Client's Asst.
Jasper Jacob
as Young Diplomat
Karen Lewis
as Brock's Maid
Nicholas Frankau
as Foreign Office Assistant
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
as Radio Producer
Alexander John
as Radio Interviewer
Matthew Guinness
as SOE Man
Jill Goldston
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred Schepisi
Director
David Hare
Screenplay
Ruth Myers
Costume Design
Luk Van Cleemput
Hairstylist
Jan Archibald
Hairdresser
Edward R. Pressman
Producer
Bruce Smeaton
Original Music Composer
J. Roy Helland
Makeup & Hair
Peter Honess
Editor
Ian Baker
Director of Photography
Theatre Play
Richard Macdonald
Production Design
Beryl Lerman
Makeup Artist
Joseph Papp
Michael Stevenson
Assistant Director
Peter Diamond
Stunts
Ken Shane
Third Assistant Director
Frank Connor
Still Photographer
David Tringham
Robin Heinson
Painter
Arthur Wicks
Property Master
Steve Kitchen
Electrician
Alan Martin
Gaffer
Chris Blunden
First Assistant Editor
Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects Supervisor
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Conductor
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
Keith Pamplin
Boom Operator