Directed by:
Peter NewbrookCinematography:
Freddie YoungCast:
Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire, Robert Stephens, Fiona Walker, John Lawrence, Raplh Arliss, Tony Caunter, Terry ScullyVOD (1)
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Brilliant Victorian aristocrat and scientist Sir Hugo Cunningham has a morbid fascination with photographing the dead. But when his son's death in a horrific boating accident is caught on film he discovers that a mysterious creature, the Asphyx, appears at the point of death to consume the soul. Sir Hugo theorises that if he can capture the creature when it appears and lock it away he can achieve immortality. Together with his soon to be son in-law Giles, Sir Hugo embarks on a dangerous and all-consuming quest to give his family eternal life - but as his obsession takes over and his experiments start to go wrong. (Screenbound Pictures)
(more)Cast
Robert Powell
UK
Best movies:
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
Tommy (1975)
Jane Lapotaire
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Lady Jane (1986)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Robert Stephens
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Chaplin (1992)
Cleopatra (1963)
Fiona Walker
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
The Woman in Black (1989) (TV movie)
John Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Seconds (1966)
The Arrangement (1969)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Raplh Arliss
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circles (1995) (TV movie)
Tony Caunter
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Cromwell (1970)
Terry Scully
UK
Best movies:
Captain Clegg (1962)
The Horror of Death (1972)