Directed by:
James KentCinematography:
Lukas StrebelCast:
Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Christine Bottomley, Gemma Jones, Dean Lennox Kelly, Michael Culkin, Richenda Carey, Tessa Peake-Jones, Tina O'Brien (more)Plots(1)
Anne Lister (1791-1840) was a Yorkshire lesbian who, despite needing to keep her orientation secret from society, in private defied the conventions of her times by living with her female lover. Lister kept a detailed account of her life, her loves and her emotions in her journal. A sizeable portion was written in code and the deciphering of these diaries provides an astonishing insight into the life of Britain’s first modern lesbian. (Madrid International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Maxine Peake
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Anna Madeley
UK
Best movies:
The Crucible (2014)
In Bruges (2008)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Susan Lynch
UK
Best movies:
Ready Player One (2018)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Christine Bottomley
UK
Best movies:
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) (TV movie)
Gemma Jones
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Dean Lennox Kelly
UK
Best movies:
Cranford (2007) (series)
The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Michael Culkin
UK
Best movies:
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Hours (2002)
Perfect Strangers (2001) (series)
Richenda Carey
UK
Best movies:
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Colonia (2015)
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) (TV movie)
Tessa Peake-Jones
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Poppy Shakespeare (2008) (TV movie)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Tina O'Brien
UK
Best movies:
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) (TV movie)
Martin Oldfield
UK
Best movies:
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) (TV movie)
Vera (2011) (series)
The Mark of Cain (2007)
Alan David
UK
Best movies:
The Painted Veil (2006)
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) (TV movie)
Wimbledon (2004)