With some money in her pocket after the death of her husband, Mrs. Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) buys a theater and hires the irascible theater manager Vivian Van Damm (Bob Hoskins) to run the business, despite bad blood between the two. Henderson has a hit on her hands when she decides to add beautiful nude women to the stage shows at her Windmill Theatre. Though they are touched by tragedy, Henderson and her company bravely keep the theater active during the 1940-'41 Blitz of London.
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Film Credits
Official Site:
www.mrshendersonthemovie.com
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Martin Sherman
Producer: Norma Heyman and David Aukin
Cast: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young, Kelly Reilly, Thelma Barlow, Christopher Guest, Anna Brewster, Rosalind Halstead, Sarah Solemani, Natalia Tena and Doraly Rosen