Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

60 mins | Documentary, Horror | Oct. 31, 2012

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".

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

60 mins | Documentary, Horror | Oct. 31, 2012

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
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".
Producers National Theatre of Great Britain Production, Lone Star Productions, Channel 4 Television Corporation
Original title Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Directors Tim Van Someren, Adam Low
Writers Nick Dear

Cast

David Bradley

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniel Ings

as Readings (voice)

Sarah Mowat

as Readings (voice)

Danny Boyle

as Self

Benedict Cumberbatch

as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

John Waters

as Self - Director

Jonny Lee Miller

as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

Gwen Adshead

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

Philip Ball

as Self - Historian of Science

Nick Dear

as Self - Playwright

Daisy Hay

as Self - Mary Shelley Biographer

Stephen Hebron

as Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford

Philip Hoare

as Self - Writer

Miranda Seymour

as Self - Mary Shelley Biographer

Helen Wallace

as Self - Genetics Ethicist