
Feature film — 1998
Swept from the Sea (1998)
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
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A high-signal pick with 78 votes.
Tapson Steel Films Productions / TriStar Pictures / Phoenix Pictures / The Greenlight Fund
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Director: Beeban Kidron
On screen
Cast & crew

Rachel Weisz
Amy Foster

Vincent Perez
Yanko

Ian McKellen
Dr. James Kennedy

Kathy Bates
Miss Swaffer

Joss Ackland
Mr. Swaffer

Tony Haygarth
Mr. Smith

Fiona Victory
Mrs. Smith

Tom Bell
Isaac Foster

Zoë Wanamaker
Mary Foster
William Scott-Masson
Mr. Wilcox

Eve Matheson
Mrs. Wilcox

Dave Hill
Jack Vincent
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