Movie: Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

Top 10 Billed Cast

David Bradley
David Bradley

Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniel Ings
Daniel Ings

Readings (voice)

Sarah Mowat
Sarah Mowat

Readings (voice)

Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle

Self

Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch

Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

John Waters
John Waters

Self - Director

Jonny Lee Miller
Jonny Lee Miller

Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

Gwen Adshead
Gwen Adshead

Self - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)

Philip Ball
Philip Ball

Self - Historian of Science

Nick Dear
Nick Dear

Self - Playwright

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    From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth looks at some of these depictions, including Danny Boyle's sell-out hit at the National Theatre. The film has exclusive access to rehearsals and interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller - who alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature - and with Danny Boyle. It also features cult film director John Waters: "I'm sympathetic to monsters, and this was the first one I came across as a child".

  • Release Date

    2012-10-31

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    7

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    English
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