Directed by:
Ralph FiennesScreenplay:
Abi MorganCinematography:
Rob HardyComposer:
Ilan EshkeriCast:
Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Fairley, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Tom Burke, Perdita Weeks, Charlotte Hope, John Kavanagh, Joanna Scanlan (more)VOD (2)
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In the 1850s, Ellen Ternan is a minimally talented actress who catches the eye of the hailed British author, Charles Dickens. Bored with his intellectually unstimulating wife, Dickens takes the educated Ellen has his mistress with the cooperation of her mother. What follows is a stormy relationship with this literary giant who provides her with a life few women of her time can enjoy. Yet, Ellen is equally revolted by Charles' emotional cruelty and determination to keep her secret. In that conflict, Ellen must judge her own role in her life and decide if the price she pays is bearable. (CoolConnections)
(more)Cast
Ralph Fiennes
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Michelle Fairley
UK
Best movies:
The Others (2001)
Philomena (2013)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Felicity Jones
UK
Best movies:
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Cemetery Junction (2010)
Kristin Scott Thomas
UK
Best movies:
Bitter Moon (1992)
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
The English Patient (1996)
Tom Hollander
UK
Best movies:
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
John Adams (2008) (series)
Valkyrie (2008)
Tom Burke
UK
Best movies:
War and Peace (2016) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Third Star (2010)
Perdita Weeks
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1996)
The Promise (2011) (series)
Ready Player One (2018)
Charlotte Hope
UK
Best movies:
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Allied (2016)
Testament of Youth (2014)
John Kavanagh
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Magdalen Laundry (2002) (TV movie)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Joanna Scanlan
UK
Best movies:
Stardust (2007)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
After Love (2020)
Geoffrey Freshwater
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Michael Marcus
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Their Finest (2016)
Amanda Hale
UK
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Persuasion (2007) (TV movie)
Bright Star (2009)
Sally Leonard
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Chromophobia (2005)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Francesca Bennett
Best movies:
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
About Time (2013)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Grahame Fox
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Sons of Liberty (2015) (series)
Lasco Atkins
China
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Batman Begins (2005)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Richard McCabe
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Laurence Spellman
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Ready Player One (2018)