The House of the Spirits (film)
1993 drama film directed by Bille August / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The House of the Spirits (Danish: Åndernes hus) is a 1993 period drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave. The supporting cast includes María Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Jan Niklas. Based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende, the film follows three generations of women from a Chilean family during the country’s military dictatorship.
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Directed by | Bille August |
Written by | Bille August |
Based on | The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende |
Produced by | Bernd Eichinger |
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Cinematography | Jörgen Persson |
Edited by | Janus Billeskov Jansen |
Music by | Hans Zimmer |
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Distributed by | Neue Constantin Film (Germany)[1] Warner Bros. (Denmark; through Sandrew Metronome)[2] |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
Countries | Germany Denmark Portugal |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million[3] |
Box office | $61 million (Europe/US)[4] |
Although the film won several awards in Europe, including Best Film at the Lola Awards from the German Film Academy and the Robert Award from the Danish Film Academy, in America it was regarded as a critical and commercial failure.