Frankenstein (17 Mar. 2011)

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

Nick Dear (play), Mary Shelley (novel)

Stars:

Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller, Ella Smith

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Benedict Cumberbatch	...	The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
Jonny Lee Miller	...	The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
Ella Smith	...	Gretel / Clarice
John Killoran	...	Gustav / Constable
Steven Elliot	...	Klaus
Lizzie Winkler	...	Agatha de Lacey
Karl Johnson	...	de Lacey
Daniel Millar	...	Felix de Lacey
Naomie Harris	...	Elizabeth Lavenza
Hayden Downing	...	William Frankenstein
William Nye	...	William Frankenstein
Jared Richard	...	William Frankenstein
George Harris	...	M. Frankenstein
Daniel Ings	...	Servant
Martin Chamberlain	...	Servant

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

blind man | body snatching | journal | ethics | learning to talk | 

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Details

Release Date:

17 March 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Did You Know?

Trivia

Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, who share the roles of Doctor Frankenstein and his creature, both went on to play modern-day incarnations of Sherlock Holmes. Cumberbatch played the title role on 'Sherlock (2010) (TV)', while Miller played the role on 'Elementary (2012) (TV)'. Cumberbatch's series set the stories in modern-day London, while Miller's set the stories in modern-day New York City.

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Connections

Featured in Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (2012)

User Reviews

Frankenstein

My only wish with seeing this on the big screen is " I wish I had seen it live"..

My daughter took me to see it at the Luna cinema in Leederville on Sunday and the viewing was Jonny lee miller as Frankenstein and Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor.

I was moved, by Jonny's performance as he takes you past the monster and you see a man in search of love and acceptance. I was at loss for words, you cannot fault the mans performance..Had I got to know Frankenstein, I would have taken him in and befriended him? maybe.

Benedict Cumberbatch was very good as Victor also, a mad genius, a tortured soul with no one recognizing his brilliance and what he could do, or believed he was as good as God. He found the secret to life itself. He made man.

You feel sorry for him, yet angry as well, He disregards friends and family in his desperate pursuit of his monster, and will do anything and all to destroy it, not taking into account that his monster has become educated and only wants to be accepted in main society.. something we all crave, inside us there is a bit of victor/Frankenstein. If there is one thing to do this weekend check out your local cinema and see if they are screening this gem, it will blow you away.