Directed by:
Tanya WexlerCinematography:
Sean BobbittComposer:
Gast WaltzingCast:
Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett, Ashley Jensen, Sheridan Smith, Gemma Jones, Malcolm Rennie, Georgie Glen (more)VOD (3)
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Hysteria tells the true story of how, aided by a goofy pal with a fascination for gadgets and electricity (Rupert Everett), young Granville came to invent the first vibrator. Key to this was his association with Dalrymple’s very different daughters: the well-spoken Emily (Felicity Jones) and the outspoken Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The result inadvertently contributed to women’s sexual independence and the coming women’s movement. (In depicting Mortimer’s growing partnership with Charlotte, who runs a settlement home, the film also dismantles some Victorian prejudices regarding class.) (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Hugh Dancy
UK
Best movies:
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Shooting Dogs (2005)
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Jonathan Pryce
UK
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Felicity Jones
UK
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Rupert Everett
UK
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Stardust (2007)
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Ashley Jensen
UK
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The Escape Artist (2013) (series)
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Sheridan Smith
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Wives and Daughters (1999) (series)
Hysteria (2011)
Gemma Jones
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Georgie Glen
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Wives and Daughters (1999) (series)
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Kim Selby
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Hysteria (2011)
The Game Plan (2007)
The Expatriate (2012)
Leila Lallali
Luxembourg
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Hannah Arendt (2012)
Hysteria (2011)
The Last Diamond (2014)
Jules Werner
Luxembourg
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Irina Palm (2006)
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
House of Boys (2009)
Tobias Menzies
UK
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Finding Neverland (2004)
Atonement (2007)
Casino Royale (2006)
David Ryall
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)
Black Beauty (1994)
Anna Chancellor
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Testament of Youth (2014)
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David Schaal
USA
Best movies:
I.D. (1995)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
Hysteria (2011)
Nicholas Woodeson
UK
Best movies:
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Skyfall (2012)
Joan Linder
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Hysteria (2011)
Dominic Borrelli
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
John Adams (2008) (series)
Hogfather (2006) (TV movie)