The Age of Innocence
A principled New York lawyer in 1870s high society must choose between his respectable engagement and a forbidden love with a separated woman, risking scandal and ruin to follow his heart.
“In a world of tradition. In an age of innocence. They dared to break the rules.”
Synopsis
In 19th-century New York high society, a young lawyer becomes enamored with a woman who is separated from her husband, despite being engaged to her.
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A crew of 271+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Thelma SchoonmakerShot by Michael BallhausScored by Elmer BernsteinDesigned by Dante FerrettiSound by Skip LievsayCostumes by Gabriella Pescucci
Box Office
1993 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.9× its budget
Why 2.5×?
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Worldwide gross
$32.3M
Opening weekend: $2.3M — 7% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $3.3M — 10% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 83 theaters
Also known as
- Zeit der Unschuldde
- La edad de la inocenciaes
- Le Temps de l'innocencefr
- L'età dell'innocenzait
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Cast & Crew
271 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Daniel Day Lewis
as Newland Archer
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Ellen Olenska
Winona Ryder
as May Welland
Linda Faye Farkas
as Female Opera Singer
Michael Rees Davis
as Male Opera Singer
Terry Cook
as Male Opera Singer
Richard E Grant
as Larry Lefferts
Alec Mccowen
as Sillerton Jackson
Geraldine Chaplin
as Mrs. Welland
Jon Garrison
as Male Opera Singer
Alexis Smith
as Louisa van der Luyden
Jonathan Pryce
as Rivière
Supporting cast
41Mary Beth Hurt
as Regina Beaufort
Stuart Wilson
as Julius Beaufort
Howard Erskine
as Beaufort Guest
John Mcloughlin
as Party Guest
Christopher Nilsson
as Party Guest
Miriam Margolyes
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Sian Phillips
as Mrs. Archer
Carolyn Farina
as Janey Archer
Michael Gough
as Henry van der Luyden
Joanne Woodward
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Sean Leonard
as Theodore "Ted" Archer
June Squibb
as Mingott Maid
Thomas Gibson
as Stage Actor
Tracey Ellis
as Gertrude Lefferts
Norman Lloyd
as Letterblair
W B Brydon
as Mr. Urban Dagonet
Cristina Pronzati
as Countess Olenska's Maid
Clement Fowler
as Florist
Cindy Katz
as Stage Actress
Kevin Sanders
as The Duke
Domenica Cameron Scorsese
as Katie Blenker
Mac Orange
as Archer Maid
Brian Davies
as Philip
Thomas Barbour
as Archer Guest
Henry Fehren
as Bishop
Patricia Dunnock
as Mary Archer
Kevin Ash
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Susan Lynn Bragg
as Debutante (uncredited)
Pasquale Cajano
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Tanya Carrasco
as Debutante (uncredited)
Tamasin Day Lewis
as Lady Admiring Engagement Ring at Beaufort Ball (uncredited)
John Maczko
as Society Gentleman (uncredited)
Catherine Scorsese
as Elderly Woman at Jersey City Station (uncredited)
Charles Scorsese
as Elderly Man at Jersey City Station (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese
as Photographer (uncredited)
Michael Trout
as Man in Crowd / Gentleman with Lady (uncredited)
Zoe
as Self
Joanne Woodward I
as The Narrator
Mark Gage
as Theater Patron
Darin Henry
as Audience Member
Skip Rose
as Theater Patron
Directors
1Writers
4Producers
3Other crew
217William D Anthony
ad and publicity department: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Craig Lyman
additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Bill Weeden
adr (uncredited)
Hal Levinsohn
adr editor
Adrienne King
adr looping voices (uncredited)
Dominic Marcus
adr supporting artist (uncredited)
Chris Sullivan
animal wrangler
Len Brooks
animal wrangler
Yasmine Amitai
apprentice film editor
Tamara Malkin Stuart
art department assistant
Joanne Belonsky
art department assistant (as Joanne Belansky)
Michele Giordano
art department coordinator
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