"Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests."
Anna Massey
as Edith Hope
Denholm Elliott
as Philip Neville
Googie Withers
as Mrs. Pusey
Patricia Hodge
as Monica
Julia McKenzie
as Jennifer Pusey
Barry Foster
as David Simmonds
Irene Handl
as Madame de Bonneuil
Ann Firbank
as Penelope Milne
Geoffrey Chater
as Harold Webb
Jeffry Wickham
as Geoffrey Long
Maurice Travail
as Hotel proprietor
Jean-Marc Barr
as Alain
Patsy Byrne
as Mrs. Dempster
Andree Evans
as Hostess
Colette Gleeson
as Priscilla
Clare McIntyre
as Caterer
Anita Brookner
Novel
Carl Davis
Original Music Composer
Conductor
Dick Allen
Editor
Barbara Gosnold
Production Design
Kenneth MacMillan
Director of Photography
Sue Birtwistle
Producer
Peter Stenning
Production Manager
Jane Redman
Sandor Von Orosz
Location Manager
Margaret Graham
Production Assistant
Kate Bradley
Other
Barbara Schenk
Simon Mather
Sid Morris
Electrician
Robert Fleming
Property Buyer
Mina Martinez
Graphic Designer
Rita Reekie
Costume Designer
Vivien Riley
Makeup Designer
Robyn Rogers
ADR Editor
Ron Edmonds
ADR Mixer
John Murphy
Sound Recordist
Alex Gohar
Associate Producer
Giles Foster
Director
Christopher Hampton
Writer