

124 minutes
6/29/2001
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate English poetry in the spirt of liberty and democracy. As time goes by, cracks begin to appear in the relationship. Sam becomes addicted to opium, while William's ego and ambition distance him further from his friend.

Linus Roache
as Samuel Taylor Coleridge

John Hannah
as William Wordsworth

Samantha Morton
as Sara Coleridge

Emily Woof
as Dorothy Wordsworth

Andrea Lowe
as Edith Southey

Dexter Fletcher
as Humphry Davy

Andy Serkis
as John Thelwall

Samuel West
as Robert Southey

Colin McCredie
as Messenger
John Kane
as Jones

Emma Fielding
as Mary Wordsworth
Michael N. Harbour
as Walsh

William Scott-Masson
as Tom Poole

Clive Merrison
as Dr Gillman
Guy Lankester
as Byron
Jacqueline Defferary
as Miss Holland

John Standing
as Rev Holland

Andy de la Tour
as Andrew Crosse

Glyn Owen
as Fisherman
Peter Harkness
as Journalist
Niall Vincent
as Hartley Coleridge, aged 4
Jason Quick
as Hartley Coleridge, aged 18 months
Miles Quick
as Hartley Coleridge, aged 18 months
Eleanor Russell
as Hartley Coleridge, aged 2 months
Rowena Gaukroger
as Edith Mae Southey
Leo Temple
as Herbert Southay

Erik McKay
as Darcy Sinclair
Mark Tilley
as Rebel

Juno Temple
as Emma Southey