Mrs. Soffel
1984 · Movie · PG-13 · 112 min · ★ 6.0 · 47% critics
In early 1900s Pittsburgh, a warden’s wife finds unexpected connection while offering religious comfort to prisoners awaiting execution. Drawn into a forbidden romance, she faces a dangerous choice that could upend her family, her beliefs, and her future.
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Details
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-12-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Critic score
- 47/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (57 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy somber true-story period romances alongside Charlotte Gray or Love Field; Not for you if you want fast action or an easy-to-embrace love story.
Pros: strong lead performances; brooding period atmosphere; restrained emotional pull | Cons: slow early pace; romance feels thin; uneven tension
Themes
- prison
- prison warden
- based on true story
- prison escape
- fugitive
- family abandonment
- child abandonment
- posse
- woman director
- pittsburgh, pennsylvania
- abandoned by mother
- celebrity criminal
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Diane Keaton
as Kate Soffel
Mel Gibson
as Ed Biddle
Matthew Modine
as Jack Biddle
Edward Herrmann
as Warden Peter Soffel
Trini Alvarado
as Irene Soffel
Jennifer Dundas
as Margaret Soffel
Danny Corkill
as Eddie Soffel
Harley Cross
as Clarence Soffel
Terry O'Quinn
as Detective Buck McGovern
Pippa Pearthree
as Maggie
Directed by Gillian Armstrong