| 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". | |
| Release Date: | Oct 31, 2012 |
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| Director: | Tim Van Someren, Adam Low |
| Writer: | Nick Dear |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | theatre |
| Production Companies | Channel 4 Television, National Theatre, Lone Star Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| David Bradley | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Daniel Ings | Readings (voice) |
| Sarah Mowat | Readings (voice) |
| Danny Boyle | Self |
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Self / Frankenstein / The Monster |
| John Waters | Self - Director |
| Jonny Lee Miller | Self / Frankenstein / The Monster |
| Gwen Adshead | Self - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead) |
| Philip Ball | Self - Historian of Science |
| Nick Dear | Self - Playwright |
| Daisy Hay | Self - Mary Shelley Biographer |
| Stephen Hebron | Self - Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| Philip Hoare | Self - Writer |
| Miranda Seymour | Self - Mary Shelley Biographer |
| Helen Wallace | Self - Genetics Ethicist |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tim Van Someren | Director |
| Adam Low | Director |
| Nick Dear | Writer |
| Martin Rosenbaum | Cinematography |
| Emma Matthews | Editor |
| Anna Ksiezopolska | Editor |
| Ollie Huddleston | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Martin Rosenbaum | Producer |
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