- HD 1080
- Runtime: 113m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Director: Beeban Kidron
- Stars: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates, Joss Ackland
- keywords: underdog, sea, wales, loss of loved one, shipwreck, strangeness, doctor, xenophobia, woman director, strange person
- Production_studio: Tapson Steel Films Productions, TriStar Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, The Greenlight Fund
- Slogan: In the heart of an outcast, he found his destiny. In the passion of an outsider, she found her home.
- The Swept from the Sea is featured in the top rankings of 1998
- #51 in Top Romance Movies of 1998
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.