In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.
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Meryl Streep as Sarah / Anna
Jeremy Irons as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Hilton McRae as Sam
Lynsey Baxter as Ernestina
Emily Morgan as Mary
Penelope Wilton as Sonia
Jean Faulds as Cook
Charlotte Mitchell as Mrs. Tranter
Peter Vaughan as Mr. Freeman
Colin Jeavons as Vicar
Liz Smith as Mrs. Fairley
Patience Collier as Mrs. Poulteney
John Barrett as Dairyman
Leo McKern as Dr. Grogan
Arabella Weir as Girl on Undercliff
Ben Forster as Boy on Undercliff
Richard Griffiths as Sir Tom
David Warner as Murphy
Catherine Willmer as Dr. Grogan's Housekeeper
Anthony Langdon as Asylum Keeper
Edward Duke as Nathaniel
Graham Fletcher-Cook as Delivery Boy
Richard Hope as 3rd Assistant
Michael Elwyn as Montague
Toni Palmer as Mrs Endicott
Cecily Hobbs as Betty Anne
Doreen Mantle as Lady on the Train
Alun Armstrong as Grimes
Gérard Falconetti as Davide
Joanna Joseph as Lizzie
Jude Alderson as Red Haired Prostitute
Cora Kinnaird as 2nd Prostitute
Orlando Fraser as Tom Elliott
Fredrika Morton as Girl
Alice Maschler as 2nd Girl
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