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Photographing Fairies

Year:

1997

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Nick Willing

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1997-09-19

Filming Locations: Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Maggie Wells

Toby Stephens

Charles Castle

Emily Woof

Linda

Ben Kingsley

Reverend Templeton

Frances Barber

Beatrice Templeton

Philip Davis

Roy (as Phil Davis)

Hannah Bould

Clara Templeton

Miriam Grant

Ana Templeton

Rachel Shelley

Mrs. Anne-Marie Castle

Edward Hardwicke

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Clive Merrison

Gardner

Stephen Churchett

Mr. Dawson

Mary Healey

Mrs. Dawson

Richenda Carey

Fierce Woman

Jeremy Young

Des

Michael Culkin

Cole

Donald Douglas

Judge

James Greene

Minister

Neville Phillips

Hotel Proprietor

Stuart Richman

Red-Cheeked Man

Michelle Fine

Medium

Bernard Gallagher

Doctor at Vicarage

Gabrielle Cowburn

Elsie

Howard Lee

Policeman

David Sterne

Prison Warder

Tim Crouch

Prison Warder

Did you know?

Trivia

Clive Merrison (Gardner) has played Sherlock Holmes many times on BBC Radio 4 dramas.

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Edward Hardwicke, who plays Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has played Conan Doyle's Dr. Watson many times.

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Goofs

When discussing the original photograph with Beatrice Templeton (Frances Barber), Charles Castle (Toby Stephens) says that the supposed fairy in the image could just be a 'glitch in the emulsion'. The use of the word 'glitch' is anachronistic. Glitch, meaning a small fault, didn't come in to common parlance till the 1960s some 40+ years after the setting of this film.

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In the trial scene there are journalists taking photographs, this is illegal in UK courts of law. However, at the time the film is set, it was still permitted.

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During Castle's trial, a stenographer is shown typing at a shorthand typewriter, like in American trials. England never has had court stenographers - the judge or magistrate takes notes.

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