
Movie · comedy
Svengali
2013 · 1h 30m · PG-13
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What is it about? Svengali
Life, love and a band. Can he manage it?
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…
Genre: comedy.
Cast and crew Svengali
AllCreators
- Directed byJohn Hardwick
- ScreenplayJonny Owen
- MusicTristin Norwell
- CinematographyCatherine Derry
- EditingAnthony Boys
Full cast and crew41 cast members, 16 crew
Cast:
- Martin Freeman · Don
- Vicky McClure · Shell
- Kumud Pant · Pub guest
- Michael Socha · Tommy
- Maxine Peake · Angie
- Michael Smiley · Irish Pierre
- Morwenna Banks · Francine Hardy
- Matt Berry · Jeremy Braines
- Jonny Owen · Dixie
- Brian Hibbard · Dixie's Dad
- Roger Evans · Horsey
- Alan McGee · Himself
- Nichola Burley
- Joel Fry · Macca
- Natasha O'Keeffe · Natasha
- Dylan Edwards · Jake
- Jessica Ellerby · Alice
- Di Botcher · Cooper
- Jack Gover · Clubgoer
- Jordan Long · Homes
- Joanna Pickering · Horsey's Girl
- Eddie Webber · Teddy
- Sharon Morgan · Dixie's Mum
- Jermaine Liburd · Marcus
- Cass Pennant · Motown
- Carl Barât · Himself
- Helen Chamberlain · Herself
- Leila Wong · Pub Girl
- Shelley Rees · Nicola
- Pearl Mackie · F.O.H. girl
- Zara Symes · Cadie
- Simon Nehan · Tyrone
- Katie Owen · Patti
- Lindsay Harding · Club Girl
- Anette Martinsen · Pub Lady
- Catherine Delaloye · Pub girl
- Max Rushden · Himself
- Curtis Lee Thompson · Scott
- Katy Brand · Katya
- Nicola Coughlan · Club Girl
Crew:
- John Hardwick · Director
- Jonny Owen · Writer
- Victoria Barrell · Producer
- Henry Normal · Executive Producer
- Jonny Owen · Producer
- Mark Pritchard · Executive Producer
- Martin Root · Producer
- Rob Small · Producer
- Tristin Norwell · Original Music Composer
- Catherine Derry · Director of Photography
- Anthony Boys · Editor
- Brendan McNamara · Casting
- Caroline Steiner · Production Design
- Julie Jones · Costume Design
Trailer Svengali
ENSvengali TrailerFebruary 14, 2012Movies like this Svengali
Details Svengali

- First theatrical release
- June 19, 2013
- Release in the US
- June 19, 2013
- Original language
- English
- Rating
- PG-13
- Studio
- Root Films
Frequently asked questions
How long is Svengali?
1h 30m (90 minutes).
Who’s in Svengali?
Martin Freeman, Vicky McClure, Kumud Pant, Michael Socha, Maxine Peake, Michael Smiley, Morwenna Banks, Matt Berry, Jonny Owen, and Brian Hibbard. Directed by John Hardwick.
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