The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
Rachel Weisz
Vincent Perez
Ian McKellen
Kathy Bates
Joss Ackland
Tony Haygarth
Fiona Victory
Tom Bell
Zoë Wanamaker
William Scott-Masson
Eve Matheson
Dave Hill
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Matthew Scurfield
Margery Withers
Janine Duvitski
Willie Ross
Janet Henfrey
Paul Whitby
Angela Morant
Sandra Huggett
Frédérique Feder