In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run down family estate in Ireland. Otto Beck, a perpetual graduate student from Bavaria with a habit of making pompous declamations, rents the back lodge to work on his esoteric thesis. Imogen Langrishe, the least repressed of the sisters, begins an affair with Otto. Imogen takes the love affair seriously, but Otto just enjoys the cheap lodging and the comfort of Imogen.
Judi Dench
as Imogen Langrishe
Jeremy Irons
as Otto Beck
Annette Crosbie
as Helen Langrishe
Harold Pinter
as Barry Shannon
Susan Williamson
as Lily Langrishe
Margaret Whiting
as Maureen Layde
Arthur O'Sullivan
as Joseph Feeney
Michael O'Brien
as Priest
Liam O'Callaghan
as Mr. Langrishe
Joan O'Hara
as Mrs. Langrishe
