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Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

She discovered a new branch of her family tree... the one with all the nuts.

19956.81h 35m

Overview

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

Directed by John Schlesinger
Written by Malcolm Bradbury, Stella Gibbons
Produced by Alison Gilby
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Top Cast

Eileen Atkins

Eileen Atkins

Judith Starkadder

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

Flora Poste

Sheila Burrell

Sheila Burrell

Ada Doom

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Mybug

Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Adam Lambsbreath

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

Mary Smiling

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

Amos Starkadder

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Beetle

Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

Seth Starkadder

Ivan Kaye

Ivan Kaye

Reuben Starkadder

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About Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm is a comedy, romance film released in 1995 exploring themes of farm, based on novel or book, orphan, 1930s, sussex, faithful adaptation. Directed by John Schlesinger, it stars Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell. In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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