Cast
- Vanessa Redgrave ... Ruth Wilcox
- Helena Bonham Carter ... Helen Schlegel
- Joseph Bennett ... Paul Wilcox
- Emma Thompson ... Margaret Schlegel
- Prunella Scales ... Aunt Juley
- Adrian Ross Magenty ... Tibby Schlegel
- Jo Kendall ... Annie
- Anthony Hopkins ... Henry Wilcox
- James Wilby ... Charles Wilcox
- Jemma Redgrave ... Evie Wilcox
- Ian Latimer ... Stationmaster
- Samuel West ... Leonard Bast
- Simon Callow ... Music and Meaning Lecturer (cameo)
- Mary Nash ... Pianist
- Siegbert Prawer ... Man Asking a Question
- Susie Lindeman ... Dolly Wilcox
- Nicola Duffett ... Jacky Bast
- Mark Tandy, Andrew St. Clair, Anne Lambton, Emma Godfrey, Duncan Brown, Iain Kelly ... Luncheon Guests
- Atalanta White... Maid at Howards End
- Gerald Paris ... Porphyrion Supervisor
- Allie Byrne, Sally Geoghegan, Paula Stockbridge, Bridget Duvall, Lucy Freeman, Harriet Stewart, Tina Leslie ... Blue-stockings
- Mark Payton ... Percy Cahill
- David Delaney ... Simpson's Carver
- Mary McWilliams ... Wilcox Baby
- Barbara Hicks ... Miss Avery
- Rodney Rymell ... Chauffeur
- Luke Parry ... Tom, the Farmer's Boy
- Antony Gilding ... Bank Supervisor
- Peter Cellier ... Colonel Fussell
- Crispin Bonham Carter ... Albert Fussell
- Patricia Lawrence, Margery Mason ... Wedding Guests
- Jim Bowden ... Martlett
- Alan James ... Porphyrion Chief Clerk
- Jocelyn Cobb ... Telegraph Operator
- Peter Darling ... Doctor
- Terence Sach ... Deliveryman
- Brian Lipson ... Police Inspector
- Barr Heckstall-Smith ... Helen's Child
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