The House of The Spirits (film)

The House Of The Spirits (film)

The House of the Spirits is a 1993 German-Danish-Portuguese dramatic film directed by Bille August and starring Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Winona Ryder, and Antonio Banderas. The supporting cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, María Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Jan Niklas. Based on the 1982 novel La Casa de los Espíritus by Isabel Allende, the film is about the life of a young lady named Clara during the military dictatorship in Chile. Principal photography took place in Denmark, but some scenes were filmed in Lisbon and Alentejo, Portugal. The House of the Spirits won awards at the Bavarian Film Awards, German Film Awards, the Golden Screen (Germany), Havana Film Festival, and Robert Festival (Denmark), as well as from the German Phono Academy and the Guild of German Art House Cinemas.