Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm
Release: 1995-01-01
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.8
Comedy
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Thames Television
BBC Film
BBC
Thames International
Cast
Eileen Atkins
as Judith Starkadder
Kate Beckinsale
as Flora Poste
Sheila Burrell
as Ada Doom
Stephen Fry
as Mybug
Freddie Jones
as Adam Lambsbreath
Joanna Lumley
as Mary Smiling
Ian McKellen
as Amos Starkadder
Miriam Margolyes
as Mrs. Beetle
Rufus Sewell
as Seth Starkadder
Ivan Kaye
as Reuben Starkadder
Christopher Bowen
as Charles Fairford
Rupert Penry-Jones
as Dick Hawk-Monitor
Angela Thorne
as Mrs. Hawk-Monitor
William Osborne
as Coiffeur
Richard Bebb
as Hawk-Monitor Butler
William Scott-Masson
as Bikki
Robert James
as Mr. McKnag
Pat Keen
as Aunt Gwen
Harry Ditson
as Earl P. Neck
Trevor Baxter
as Sneller
Frederick Jaeger
as Doctor Adolph Müdel
