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Topsy-Turvy

Gilbert & Sullivan & So Much More

1999 · R · 2h 40m

Directed by Mike Leigh

6.6

TMDB audience score
168 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

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Cast

  • Jim Broadbent
    W. S. Gilbert

  • Allan Corduner
    Sir Arthur Sullivan

  • Timothy Spall
    Richard Temple (The Mikado)

  • Lesley Manville
    Lucy Gilbert

  • Ron Cook
    Richard D'Oyly Carte

  • Wendy Nottingham
    Helen Lenoir

  • Kevin McKidd
    Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)

  • Shirley Henderson
    Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)

  • Dorothy Atkinson
    Jessie Bond

  • Martin Savage
    George Grossmith

  • Eleanor David
    Fanny Ronalds

  • Sam Kelly
    Richard Barker

  • Andy Serkis
    John D'Auban

  • Charles Simon
    Gilbert's Father

  • Vincent Franklin
    Rutland Barrington

  • Cathy Sara
    Sybil Grey

  • Nicholas Woodeson
    Mr. Seymour

  • Jonathan Aris
    Wilhelm