Movies / Little Women (1994)
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English French German
This newest version of Louisa May Alcott's tender novel is considered to be among the best as it chronicles the lives of four sisters growing up in the mid nineteenth century. The story is set in New England during and immediately after the Civil War. The four March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are living alone with their mother Marmee. Their father has left to fight in the Union Army and their standard of living and social status has been greatly reduced. The story primarily focuses upon Jo, a budding writer of adventure and crime stories. As the seasons turn and years pass the girls grow up. Meg marries her former tutor Brooke, Beth is damaged by scarlet fever, and Jo spurns Laurie after he proposes. Marmee advises Jo to celebrate her independence and Jo moves to New York where she becomes a trashy novelist under the pen name "Joseph." In New York she meets Friedrich Bhaer a German philosophy professor. She feels an instant connection to him. Meanwhile Amy is in Europe studying art when she encounters Laurie who has become a playboy. After a family tragedy and at the behest of her mentor the professor, Jo changes her writing style and becomes Louisa May Alcott.
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Gillian Armstrong | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Louisa May Alcott | (novel) |
Robin Swicord | (screenplay) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Thomas Newman | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Nicholas Beauman | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Geoffrey Simpson | director of photography |
Actors (61) | Credit |
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Ahnee Boyce | Sally's Friend |
A.J. Unger | Ned Moffat |
Alan Robertson | Dr. Bangs |
Andrea Libman | Kitty Kirk |
Bethoe Shirkoff | Art Teacher |
Beverley Elliott | Irish Maid |
Billie Pleffer | Naughty Girl |
Bryan Finn | Demi |
Cameron Labine | Averill |
Charles Baird | Office Worker |
Christian Bale | Laurie |
Christine Lippa | Mrs. Hummel |
Claire Danes | Beth March |
Corrie Clark | Belle Gardiner |
Curt Willington | Red Haired Young Man |
Dale Resteghini | Local Boy (uncredited) |
Daniel Olsen | Wounded Soldier (uncredited) |
David Adams | Opera Singer 'Nadir' |
Demetri Goritsas | Bhaer's Student |
Donald Mitchell | Student / Man Winking (uncredited) |
Donal Logue | Jacob Mayer |
Eric Bruno Borgman | Returning Civil War Soldier (uncredited) |
Eric Stoltz | John Brooke |
Florence Paterson | Hannah |
Gabriel Byrne | Friedrich Bhaer |
Irene Miscisco | French Maid |
James Leard | Office Worker |
Janet Craig | Miss Norton |
Janie Woods-Morris | Boston Matron |
Janne Mortil | Sally Moffat |
Jay Brazeau | Dashwood |
Jenna Percy | Hummel Child |
Jerry Robbins | Banker (uncredited) |
John Neville | Mr. Laurence |
John Shaw | Charles Botts (as John C. Shaw) |
Kate Robbins | Opera Singer 'Leila' |
Kirsten Dunst | Younger Amy March |
Kristina West | Hummel Child |
Kristy Friisdahl | Daisy |
Louella Pleffer | Naughty Girl |
Mar Andersons | Fred Vaughan |
Marco Roy | Mr. Parker |
Marilyn Norry | Mrs. Kirk |
Mark Marriott | Butler (uncredited) |
Mary Wickes | Aunt March |
Matthew Walker | Mr. March |
Michele Goodger | Hortense |
Natalie Friisdahl | Daisy |
Nicole Babuick | Hummel Child |
Patricia Leith | Boston Matron |
Peter Haworth | Male Secretary |
Rebecca Toolan | Mrs. Gardiner |
Robin Collins | Carriage Boy |
Samantha Mathis | Older Amy March |
Sarah Strange | Sally's Friend |
Scott Bellis | John McCracken |
Sean Finn | Demi |
Susan Sarandon | Mrs. March |
Tegan Moss | Minnie Kirk |
Trini Alvarado | Meg March |
Winona Ryder | Jo March |