A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
The incredible true story that defined our world.
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.
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan
Genres: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Farhad Safinia
Tags: based on true story, based on novel or book, professor, 19th century, biography
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About The Professor and the Madman
- Director
- Farhad Safinia
- Cast
- Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, David O'Hara, Anthony Andrews
- Writers
- John Boorman, Todd Komarnicki, Farhad Safinia
- Release date
- 07/03/2019
- Original language
- EN
- Country
- IE, US