A Handmaid's Tale : Summary
This is the story of the handmaid Kate (Natasha Richardson) set in the near future. She lives in a faraway country, once the United States of America, which is now ruled according to the laws of the Old Testament. The few women who can still bear children are called "handmaids" and are allocated to the families of the ruling class.
Kate was herself a mother. But now she is supposed to not only fulfil her mistress's ardent wish for a child, but also satisfy the forbidden desires of her commander. However, Kate only appears on the surface to submit herself to these demands. She makes her mistress an accomplice, her master a friend, and the chauffeur her lover. Caught in the net of her secret relationships, Kate is in danger of losing her life. Each one of the three could betray her. All that remains is her hope, strength and will to survive.
Volker Schlöndorff's The Handmaid's Tale is based on the novel by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and a screenplay by the English playwright Harold Pinter.
Movies
- 2012Das Meer am Morgen
- 2007Ulzhan
- 2005Strike
- 2005Enigma Variations
- 2004The Ninth Day
- 2001Ten minutes older
- 2000The Legends of Rita
- 1998Palmetto
- 1996The Ogre
- 1992Billy, how did you do it?
- 1991Voyager
- 1989A Handmaid's Tale
- 1987A Gathering of old Men
- 1985Death of a Salesman
- 1983Un Amour de Swann
- 1982War and Peace
- 1981Circle of Deceit
- 1980The Candidate
- 1979The Tin Drum
- 1978Germany In Autumn
- 1977Portrait of Valeska Gert
- 1976Coup de Grace
- 1975The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
- 1974Georgina’s Reasons
- 1972A Free Woman
- 1971Die Moral der Ruth Halbfass
- 1970Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
- 1969Michael Kohlhaas
- 1969Baal
- 1967Der Paukenspieler
- 1966A degree of murder
- 1965Young Törless
- 1960Wen kümmert's