Plot
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Charles Dickens
Felicity Jones
Nelly Ternan
Joanna Scanlan
Catherine Dickens
Kristin Scott Thomas
Catherine Ternan
Tom Hollander
Wilkie Collins
Michelle Fairley
Caroline Graves
John Kavanagh
Reverend Benham
Amanda Hale
Fanny Ternan
Perdita Weeks
Maria Ternan
Tom Burke
George Wharton
Richard McCabe
Mark Lemon
David Collings
Governor
Crew
Ralph Fiennes
Director
Christian Baute
Producer
Carolyn Marks Blackwood
Producer
Stewart Mackinnon
Producer
Gabrielle Tana
Producer
Rob Hardy
Director of Photography
Abi Morgan
Writer
Ilan Eshkeri
Original Music Composer
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