Directed by:
Peter GreenawayScreenplay:
Peter GreenawayCinematography:
Sacha ViernyComposer:
Michael NymanCast:
Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, Ewan Stewart, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ron Cook, Janet Henfrey (more)Plots(1)
The Cook serves up gourmet masterpieces in a beautiful restaurant. The thief holds his tyrannical court in the restaurant, terrorising all around him. His wife has a dangerous and illicit passion. Her lover is having the riskiest affair of his life. Peter Greenaway's notorious film is a modern day revenger's tragedy spiked with comedy. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Richard Bohringer
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
The Grand Highway (1987)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Michael Gambon
Ireland
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Helen Mirren
UK
Best movies:
National Theatre Live: The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Alan Howard
UK
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Tim Roth
UK
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Ciarán Hinds
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Ewan Stewart
UK
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Brazil (1985)
Shadowlands (1993)
Ron Cook
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Chocolat (2000)
Janet Henfrey
UK
Best movies:
Lady Jane (1986)
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Alex Kingston
UK
Best movies:
Macbeth (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Croupier (1998)
Roger Lloyd Pack
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Ian Sears
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
Gary Olsen
UK
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Birth of the Beatles (1979)
Liz Smith
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
Arnie Breeveld
Suriname
Best movies:
Keith Barrows
Best movies:
Ian Dury
UK
Best movies:
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Different for Girls (1996)
Split Second (1992)
Emer Gillespie
Best movies:
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Lamb (1985)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)