Directed by:
Farhad SafiniaCinematography:
Kasper TuxenComposer:
Bear McCrearyCast:
Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer, Jennifer Ehle, Steve Coogan, Stephen Dillane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jeremy Irvine, Laurence Fox, Anthony Andrews (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor. (Moscow International Film Festival)
Cast
![Mel Gibson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/060/164060926_1f2cdd.jpg)
Mel Gibson
USA
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
![Sean Penn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428626_8db481.jpg)
Sean Penn
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Persepolis (2007)
![Eddie Marsan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/409/162409833_ed5fcf.jpg)
Eddie Marsan
UK
Best movies:
The Gentlemen (2019)
21 Grams (2003)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
![Natalie Dormer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443621_f53edc.jpg)
Natalie Dormer
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Casanova (2005)
![Jennifer Ehle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/139/163139304_f38ac7.png)
Jennifer Ehle
USA
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
Sunshine (1999)
![Steve Coogan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273939_e72f31.jpg)
Steve Coogan
UK
Best movies:
Hot Fuzz (2007)
What Maisie Knew (2012)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
![Stephen Dillane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/517/164517319_1507a8.png)
Stephen Dillane
UK
Best movies:
John Adams (2008) (series)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
The Hours (2002)
![Ioan Gruffudd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/848/162848582_3beead.png)
Ioan Gruffudd
UK
Best movies:
Warriors (1999) (TV movie)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) (TV movie)
![Jeremy Irvine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/780/164780776_98692b.jpg)
Jeremy Irvine
UK
Best movies:
Now Is Good (2012)
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
![Laurence Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456096_1c04b0.jpg)
Laurence Fox
UK
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Gosford Park (2001)
![Anthony Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/334/334298_885afd.jpg)
Anthony Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Lars Brygmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/180/161180722_bccb97.jpg)
Lars Brygmann
Denmark
Best movies:
The Celebration (1998)
Riders of Justice (2020)
Aftermath (2004)
Bryan Murray
Ireland
Best movies:
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Boy Eats Girl (2005)
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996) (TV movie)
![David O'Hara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277276_3ee8d3.jpg)
David O'Hara
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Departed (2006)
Anthony Brophy
UK
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Some Mother's Son (1996)
The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV movie)
![Aidan McArdle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/304/159304913_a732b9.jpg)
Aidan McArdle
Ireland
Brian Fortune
Best movies:
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Savage (2009)
The Secret Scripture (2016)
Oengus MacNamara
Best movies:
Maigret (2016) (series)
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Midnight Man (1997) (TV movie)
Rúaidhrí Conroy
Ireland
Best movies:
Into the West (1992)
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
![Brendan Patricks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/510/160510999_185e02.jpg)
Brendan Patricks
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Grace (2021) (series)
The Professor and the Madman (2019)