Photographing Fairies (1997)
Another world… as close as the beat of your heart
Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets
- Date of release
- 1997-09-19
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (37)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Mystery, Fantasy, Drama
- Director
- Nick Willing
Casting
- Toby Stephens — Charles Castle
- Emily Woof — Linda
- Ben Kingsley — Rev. Templeton
- Frances Barber — Beatrice Templeton
- Bernard Gallagher — Doctor
- Phil Davis — Roy
- Edward Hardwicke — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Rachel Shelley — Mrs. Anne-Marie Castle
- Clive Merrison — Gardner
- Mary Healey — Mrs. Dawson
- Richenda Carey — Fierce Woman
- Michael Culkin — Cole
Interesting facts
- Based on: Photographing Fairies
Photographing Fairies is a 1997 British fantasy film based on Steve Szilagyi's 1992 novel Photographing Fairies. The film explores some of the themes of folklore, such as possession, paganism, animism, hallucinogens, parapsychology and fairies. It was inspired by the Cottingley Fairies hoax, and was released in the United Kingdom on 19 September 1997.
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