The Elephant Man

Name: The Elephant Man
Director: David Lynch
Released: 1979
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Cast: John Gielgud, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Freddie Jones

by David Lynch2h051979United States

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A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Editing : Anne V. Coates
- Costume Design : Patricia Norris
- Director : David Lynch
- Scenario : David Lynch, Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren
- Sound Recorder : Robin Gregory
- Photo Director : Freddie Francis
- Producer : Mel Brooks, Jonathan Sanger
- Original Music : John Morris
- Set Decoration : Stuart Craig, Robert Cartwright
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1979
- French release date : 11 mai 1981
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : English

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This film is part of the Cinematographic movement
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The Elephant Man

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Credits

Technical details

Other films

By the same director

Blue Velvet

The Straight Story

Twin Peaks : Fire Walk with Me

From the same year

Buffet froid

The Hussy

Every Man for Himself

With the same cast

John Gielgud

Providence

Falstaff

The Charge of the Light Brigade

John Hurt

Contact

Alien

Heaven's Gate

Anne Bancroft

The Miracle Worker

Seven Women

The Graduate

Anthony Hopkins

The Silence of the Lambs

Red Dragon

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Freddie Jones

The Ship Sails On

This film is recommended by

Jutta Brückner

Sophie Letourneur

Nabil Ayouch

Jessica Hausner

Lukas Dhont

This film is part of the Cinematographic movement

"American Independent Cinema 1978-1990"