A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
as Margaret Schlegel
as Helen Schlegel
as Henry J. Wilcox
as Leonard Bast
as Ruth Wilcox
as Tibby Schlegel
as Aunt Juley
as Charles Wilcox
as Paul Wilcox
as Annie
as Evie Wilcox
as Albert Fussell
as Station Master
as Man Asking a Question
as Dolly Wilcox
as Jacky Bast
as Luncheon Guests
as Luncheon Guests
as Luncheon Guests
as Luncheon Guests
as Luncheon Guests
as Luncheon Guests
as Maid at Howards End
as Porphyrion Supervisor
as Blue-stockings
as Blue-stockings
as Blue-stockings
as Blue-stockings
as Blue-stockings
as Blue-stockings
as Blue-stockings
as Percy Cahill
as Simpson's Carver
as Wilcox Baby
as Miss Avery
as Chauffeur
as Tom, the Farmer's Boy
as Bank Supervisor
as Colonel Fussell
as Wedding Guests
as Wedding Guests
as Martlett
as Porphyrion Chief Clerk
as Telegraph Operator
as Doctor
as Delivery Man
as Police Inspector
as Pianist
as Helen's Child
as Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)