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One night, nine children from the same Tunisian village attempt the deadly crossing. Like a poem or a prayer, this film welcomes the words of bereaved mothers and gives dignity to their grief.
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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".
Top Billed Cast
David Bradley Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Ings Readings (voice)
Sarah Mowat Readings (voice)
Benedict Cumberbatch Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
Jonny Lee Miller Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
Gwen Adshead Self - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)
Philip Ball Self - Historian of Science
Daisy Hay Self - Mary Shelley Biographer
Stephen Hebron Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford
Philip Hoare Self - Writer
Miranda Seymour Self - Mary Shelley Biographer
Helen Wallace Self - Genetics Ethicist
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