Directed by:
Trevor NunnCinematography:
Clive TicknerComposer:
Shaun DaveyCast:
Helena Bonham Carter, Nigel Hawthorne, Imogen Stubbs, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith, Steven Mackintosh, Nicholas Farrell, Imelda Staunton, Toby Stephens (more)Plots(1)
When a shipwreck separates siblings Viola and Sebastian in a foreign land, each thinks the other is dead, and both embark on a series of romantic misadventures involving deception, cross-dressing, dashing counts, obese alcoholics and a perceptive fool who presides over the entire madcap affair. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Helena Bonham Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/810/164810600_08af55.jpg)
Helena Bonham Carter
UK
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The King's Speech (2010)
One Life (2023)
![Nigel Hawthorne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/075/164075812_f22f1a.jpg)
Nigel Hawthorne
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Plague Dogs (1982)
Tarzan (1999)
![Imogen Stubbs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064347_59f014.jpg)
Imogen Stubbs
UK
Best movies:
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![Ben Kingsley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054958_bb9e5d.jpg)
Ben Kingsley
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Shutter Island (2010)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Mel Smith
UK
Best movies:
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![Steven Mackintosh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/941/161941326_edecf7.jpg)
Steven Mackintosh
UK
Best movies:
House of America (1997)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment (1996) (TV movie)
![Nicholas Farrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/418/418990_b290b0.jpg)
Nicholas Farrell
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Hamlet (1996)
![Imelda Staunton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/456/164456169_b6e209.png)
Imelda Staunton
UK
Best movies:
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
![Toby Stephens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273068_fe1448.jpg)
Toby Stephens
UK
Best movies:
Perfect Strangers (2001) (series)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Richard E. Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806906_402e7e.jpg)
Richard E. Grant
Swaziland
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Logan (2017)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Rod Culbertson
Best movies:
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie) - narrator
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Elizabeth (1998)
![David Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/526/162526214_f24256.jpg)
David Burke
UK
Best movies:
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Tim Bentinck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354581_ff2c62.jpg)
Tim Bentinck
Australia
Best movies:
Guerre et paix (2016) (series)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV movie)
![Peter Gunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/239/162239277_6595e4.jpg)
Peter Gunn
UK
Best movies:
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
24 Hour Party People (2002)