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Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
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Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Sep 24, 2012
1h 47m
★ 7.3

Overview

Archive footage of interviews, concerts and personal material bring to light the solo performance work of Mercury, the lead singer of Queen.

Genres

Music
Documentary

Production Companies

Eagle Rock Entertainment
ARTE
BBC One
Mercury Studios

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender Trailers

Cast

Freddie Mercury

Self (archive footage)

Freddie Mercury

Roger Taylor

Self

Roger Taylor

Brian May

Self

Brian May

Luciano Pavarotti

Self (archive footage)

Luciano Pavarotti

Montserrat Caballé

Self

Montserrat Caballé

Peter Freestone

Self

Peter Freestone

David Arnold

Self

David Arnold

John Reid

John Reid

Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas

David Wigg

David Wigg

Jim Hutton

Self (archive footage)

Jim Hutton

David Richards

David Richards

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