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directed by Volker Schlöndorff
A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

Natasha Richardson
Kate

Faye Dunaway
Serena Joy

Aidan Quinn
Nick

Elizabeth McGovern
Moira

Victoria Tennant
Aunt Lydia

Robert Duvall
Commander

Blanche Baker
Ofglen

Traci Lind
Ofwarren / Janine
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Language
EN
Budget
$13M
Box Office
$5M
The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret Atwood (1985)
The Hulu TV series (2017–) is the definitive adaptation — Atwood's novel is more compressed and ambiguous about what Gilead's end looks like
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