The Wings of the Dove (1997)

A couple with everything but money. An heiress with everything but love. A temptation no one could resist.

102 min★ 7.1 · 12,429 votes

• Drama
• Romance

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

Release date

July 23, 1998

Country of origin

United States, United Kingdom

Music

Edward Shearmur

Box office

$13,692,648