The Professor and the Madman (2019)
In der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts beginnt der Philologie-Professor James Murray (Mel Gibson) mit der Arbeit an der ersten Ausgabe des mittlerweile berühmten Oxford English Dictionary, dem umfangreichsten Wörterbuch der englischen Sprache. Dabei bekommt er Hilfe vom Psychopathen Dr. William Chester Minor (Sean Penn), der als Patient in einer Hochsicherheits-Psychatrie einsitzt und über 10.000 Beiträge schickt.
Der Regisseur: Farhad Safinia
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Mel Gibson as James Murray |
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Sean Penn as Dr. William Chester Minor |
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Natalie Dormer as Eliza Merrett |
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Eddie Marsan as Muncie |
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Jennifer Ehle as Ada Murray |
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Jeremy Irvine as Charles Hall |
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David O'Hara as Church |
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Anthony Andrews as Benjamin Jowett |
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Ioan Gruffudd as Henry Bradley |
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Stephen Dillane as Dr. Richard Brayne |
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Steve Coogan as Frederick James Furnivall |
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Laurence Fox as Philip Lyttelton Gell |
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Lars Brygmann as Max Mueller |
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Brendan Patricks as Winston Churchill |
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Adam Fergus as Alfred Minor |
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Brian Fortune as Head Board Member |
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Aidan McArdle as Defence Attorney Clarke |
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David Crowley as Parfit |
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Kieran O'Reilly as Minor's Father |
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Bryan Murray as Henry Liddell |
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Oengus MacNamara as Bailiff #1 |
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Christopher Maleki as Joseph |
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Sean Duggan as Tom Coleman |
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Bryan Quinn as Sir Richard |
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Steve Gunn as Lambeth Man |
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Malcolm Freeman as Colonel |
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Joe McKinney as Attendant No.1 |
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Olivia McKevitt as Clare Merrett |
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Shane Noone as George Merrett |
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Robert McCormack as Harold Murray |
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Ronan O'Connor as Gate Guard |
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John Morton as Scriptorium Assistant |
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Abigail Coburn as Elsie Murray |
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Paul Gough as Guard |
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Lucas Browne as Eastman Minor |
| Editing | Dino Jonsäter | Editor |
| Directing | Farhad Safinia | Director |
| Production | Dan Hubbard | Casting |
| Writing | Farhad Safinia | Writer |
| Production | Gastón Pavlovich | Producer |
| Production | Mel Gibson | Producer |
| Writing | Todd Komarnicki | Writer |
| Production | Bruce Davey | Producer |
| Art | Tom Conroy | Production Design |
| Writing | John Boorman | Writer |
| Camera | Kasper Tuxen | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Bear McCreary | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Simon Winchester | Book |
| Crew | Giedrius Nagys | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Paul Carroll | Stunts |
| Crew | Martin White | Stunts |
| Crew | Darron Costello | Stunts |
| Crew | David Flynn | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Martin Kenny | Stunts |
| Crew | Andrew Eadie | Stunts |
| Crew | Norman Kelly | Stunts |
| Crew | Stephen Ryan | Stunts |
| Crew | Brendan Condren | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | David Byrne | Stunts |
| Crew | Lemuel Black | Stunts |
| Crew | Phil Lonergan | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Hanna | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Thompson | Stunts |
| Crew | Eimear O'Grady | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Donal O'Shea | Stunts |
| Directing | Ian Adams | Crowd Assistant Director |
| Crew | Steffen Geypens | Post Production Supervisor |