Mary Shelley
“Her greatest love inspired her darkest creation”
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
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Cast
23 people
Elle Fanning
Mary Shelley
Known for
Maleficent
Super 8
Douglas Booth
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Known for
Loving Vincent
The Sandman
Bel Powley
Claire Clairmont
Known for
The Morning Show
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Stephen Dillane
William Godwin
Known for
Game of Thrones
Darkest Hour
Joanne Froggatt
Mary Jane Clairmont
Known for
Downton Abbey
MobLand
Tom Sturridge
Lord Byron
Known for
The Sandman
The Boat That Rocked
Ben Hardy
Dr. John Polidori
Known for
Bohemian Rhapsody
6 Underground
Maisie Williams
Isabel Baxter
Known for
Game of Thrones
The New Mutants
Hugh O'Conor
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Known for
Chocolat
The Stag
Ciara Charteris
Harriet Shelley
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Poldark
Jack Hickey
Thomas Hogg
Known for
Penny Dreadful
Sea Fever
Laurence Foster
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Maxine
Haifaa al-Mansour Director · Emma Jensen Writer Amelia Warner Composer
Worldwide gross $1.9M · United States release May 25, 2018 · Produced in Ireland, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,900,000
Production
HanWay Films
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Gidden Media
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Parallel Films
Production
BFI
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Ralfish Films
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Bac Cinema
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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
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Film Fund Luxembourg
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Head Gear Films
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Metrol Technology
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IFC Films
Studio
BFI Film Fund
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Juliette Films
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Sobini Films
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Ireland · Luxembourg · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Ireland · August 6, 2017
Theatrical
United States · May 25, 2018
Limited theatrical
United Kingdom · July 6, 2018
Theatrical
United States · August 28, 2018
Physical
Australia
July 26, 2018 · Theatrical
Austria
December 28, 2018 · Digital
Brazil
May 25, 2018 · Theatrical
Canada
September 9, 2017 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
August 8, 2018 · Theatrical
Germany
December 27, 2018 · Theatrical
Greece
November 15, 2018 · Theatrical
Israel
May 9, 2019 · Digital · yes VOD
Italy
August 29, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
December 15, 2018 · Digital
Netherlands
November 22, 2018 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 28, 2018 · Theatrical
Russia
May 10, 2018 · Theatrical
Spain
April 22, 2018 · Theatrical · BCN Film Fest
Sweden
August 6, 2017 · Limited theatrical
Switzerland
July 10, 2018 · Digital
Türkiye
July 13, 2018 · Theatrical
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