The Way We Live Now

Synopsis

Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.

Top cast

David Suchet

Augustus Melmotte

Matthew Macfadyen

Sir Felix Carbury

Cillian Murphy

Paul Montague

Paloma Baeza

Hetta Carbury

Cheryl Campbell

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