Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth looks at some of these depictions, including Danny Boyle's sell-out hit at the National Theatre. The film has exclusive access to rehearsals and interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller - who alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature - and with Danny Boyle. It also features cult film director John Waters: "I'm sympathetic to monsters, and this was the first one I came across as a child".

• Adam LowDirector
• Tim Van SomerenDirector
• Nick DearWriter

• David BradleySelf - Narrator (voice)
• Daniel IngsReadings (voice)
• Sarah MowatReadings (voice)
• Danny BoyleSelf
• Benedict CumberbatchSelf / Frankenstein / The Monster
• John WatersSelf - Director
• Jonny Lee MillerSelf / Frankenstein / The Monster
• Gwen AdsheadSelf - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)
• Philip BallSelf - Historian of Science
• Nick DearSelf - Playwright
• Daisy HaySelf - Mary Shelley Biographer
• Stephen HebronSelf - Bodleian Library, Oxford