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The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 15, 1990

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Drama, Science Fiction

User Score

61%

Original Title

The Handmaid's Tale

Production Companies

Cinecom Entertainment Group, Cinetudes Films, Neue Bioskop Film

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$5,000,000

Description

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.