Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (2012)

7.0 October 31, 2012 1h 0m Released

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".

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Cast

David Bradley

Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Ings

Readings (voice)
Sarah Mowat

Readings (voice)
Danny Boyle

Self
Benedict Cumberbatch

Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
John Waters

Self - Director
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
Nick Dear

Self - Playwright
Daisy Hay

Self - Mary Shelley Biographer
Stephen Hebron

Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford
Philip Hoare

Self - Writer
Miranda Seymour

Self - Mary Shelley Biographer

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