18 certificateMoll Flanders is a Film programme that first aired in 1996 and has been classified a 18 certificate.

Moll Flanders is a 3 star programme

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Moll Flanders (1996)

Directed by
Pen Densham

In 18th -Century London, a poor woman becomes a prostitute and wife before escaping to a better life in the New World.

Brought up by nuns after her mother was hung for stealing after her birth. Moll (Robin Wright) has an unquenchable independent spirit.

Her constant strive to be independent and better herself meant she spent some time being a prostitute for the money, whilst doing this she meets an artist (John Lynch) who hires her to sit for him, he soon falls in love with her.

Narrated by Hibble (Morgan Freeman), a brothel servant to Moll's young daughter, Flora (Aisling Corcoran). Moll's memoirs tell of her journey to America to see a rich benefactor.

Written by ,

Genre: Film

Running Time: 150 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1996

Rating:
3/5 Stars

Classification: 18 Certificate

Production Country: USA/Ireland

Filmed in Colour

Cast

Image for Robin Wright PennRobin Wright Penn...Moll Flanders
Image for Morgan FreemanMorgan Freeman...Hibble
Stockard Channing...Mrs. Allworthy
John Carroll Lynch...Artist
Brenda Fricker...Mrs. Mazzawatti
Image for Geraldine JamesGeraldine James...Edna
Aisling Corcoran...Flora
Jim Sheridan...The Priest
Jeremy Brett...Artist's Father
Britta Smith...Artist's Mother
Cathy Murphy...Polly
Emma McIvor...Mary
Maria Doyle-Kennedy...Alice
Ger Ryan...Orphanage Woman
Harry Towb...Magistrate