In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.
Mark Rylance
as William Adamson
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Matty Crompton
Patsy Kensit
as Eugenia Alabaster Adamson
Jeremy Kemp
as Sir Harald Alabaster
Douglas Henshall
as Edgar Alabaster
Annette Badland
as Lady Alabaster
Chris Larkin
as Robin
Anna Massey
as Miss Mead
