111 minutes
12/25/2013
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
Ralph Fiennes
as Charles Dickens
Felicity Jones
as Nelly Ternan
Joanna Scanlan
as Catherine Dickens
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Catherine Ternan
Tom Hollander
as Wilkie Collins
Michelle Fairley
as Caroline Graves
John Kavanagh
as Reverend Benham
Amanda Hale
as Fanny Ternan
Perdita Weeks
as Maria Ternan
Tom Burke
as George Wharton
Richard McCabe
as Mark Lemon
David Collings
as Governor
James Michael Rankin
as Evening Man
Charlotte Hope
as Prostitute
Michael Marcus
as Charley Dickens
Laurence Spellman
as Porter
Jonathan Harden
as Mr. Arnott
Christos Lawton
as Mr. Evans
Claire Daly
as Mrs. Lambourne
Mark Dexter
as Mr. Augustus Egg
Gwendolen Chatfield
as Marney Dickens
Joseph Paxton
as Mr. Pigott
Sophie Russell
as Miss Ellen Sabine
Charissa Shearer
as Katey Dickens
Jeremy Assouly
as Francis Dickens
Declan Walker
as Alfred Dickens
John Joe Bitcliffe
as Sydney Dickens
Harry Harmon
as Henry Dickens
Joseph Harmon
as Edward 'Plorn' Dickens
Daphne Neville
as Victorian Lady
Jonathan Jaynes
as Racegoer
Michael Hadley
as Sir Peter
Geoffrey Freshwater
as Sir Oliver / Mr. Buckstone
Tahirah Sharif
as Ternan Maid
Ophelia Standen
as Harriet Graves
James Traherne
as Policeman
Daniel André Pageon
as Elderly Frenchman
Odile Gash
as Elderly Frenchwoman
Philippe Smolikowski
as French Doctor
Assiba Abes
as French Midwife
Grahame Fox
as Station Guard
Steve Morphew
as Ticket Collector
Laurence Spellman
as Train Porter
Sally Leonard
as Young Lady
Tallulah Harlech
as Young Lady
Ethan Andrews
as Jean Marie
Sebastian Coates
as Jean Baptiste
Harry Crichton-Miller
as Jean Paul
Jack Curtin
as Obenreizer
Jacob Greenhouse
as Landlord
Ethan Radus
as Vendale