

Waterland
1992-08-21 · 95 min · ★ 6.3
The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.
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Production details
- Directors
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Production companies
- Pandora Cinema, British Screen Productions, Palace Pictures, Film4 Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 10,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 1,100,218
Top Cast
Jeremy IronsTom Crick
Sinéad CusackMary Crick
Lena HeadeyYoung Mary
Callum DixonFreddie Parr
Ethan HawkeMatthew Price
Pete PostlethwaiteHenry Crick
Sean MaguirePeter
Ross McCallTerry
David MorrisseyDick Crick
John HeardLewis Scott
Maggie GyllenhaalMaggie Ruth
Cara BuonoJudy Dobson
Siri NealHelen Atkinson
Gareth ThomasPublican
Paul HaighRAF Man
Tony VogelStan Booth
Tina BenkoBaby's Mother
Jana SheldenGuest at Dinner PartyTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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