The Wings of the Dove
"A couple with everything but money. An heiress with everything but love. A temptation no one could resist."
1997-09-04
6.7
en 102mDramaRomance
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.
Costume Design
Sandy Powell
Director
Iain Softley
Props
Bill Hargreaves
Screenplay
Hossein Amini
Assistant Art Director
Ray Chan
Novel
Henry James
london, england based on novel or book venice, italy love triangle masked ball gondola forbidden love man between two women unrequited love inheritance british high society dying woman dying young privileged life 1910s classism period piece influential aunt or uncle
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$13,692,648Countries
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
Companies
- Miramax
