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Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
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Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

Oct 31, 2012
1h 0m
★ 7.0

Overview

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".

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Lone Star Productions
National Theatre
Channel 4 Television

Cast

David Bradley

Self - Narrator (voice)

David Bradley

Daniel Ings

Readings (voice)

Daniel Ings

Sarah Mowat

Readings (voice)

Sarah Mowat

Danny Boyle

Self

Danny Boyle

Benedict Cumberbatch

Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

Benedict Cumberbatch

John Waters

Self - Director

John Waters

Jonny Lee Miller

Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

Jonny Lee Miller

Gwen Adshead

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

Gwen Adshead

Philip Ball

Self - Historian of Science

Philip Ball

Nick Dear

Self - Playwright

Nick Dear

Daisy Hay

Self - Mary Shelley Biographer

Daisy Hay

Stephen Hebron

Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford

Stephen Hebron

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