Gormenghast

TV Mini Series
2000
Unrated
58m

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A villain threatens the rise of a new earl in an ancient kingdom.A villain threatens the rise of a new earl in an ancient kingdom.A villain threatens the rise of a new earl in an ancient kingdom.

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7.2/10

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Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations total

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Warren Mitchell

Barquentine

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Steerpike

Celia Imrie

Lady Gertrude

John Sessions

Dr. Prunesquallor

Christopher Lee

Flay

Neve McIntosh

Lady Fuchsia

Fiona Shaw

Irma Prunesquallor

Zoë Wanamaker

Clarice Groan

George Antoni

Bookman

Lynsey Baxter

Cora Groan

June Brown

Nannie Slagg

Sean Hughes

Poet

Ian Richardson

Lord Groan

Stephen Fry

Professor Bellgrove

Richard Griffiths

Swelter

Eric Sykes

Mollocks

Windsor Davies

Rottcodd

Olga Sosnovska

Keda

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Trivia
Lady Gertrude's white crow was, at the time, the only known white crow in the world.

Quotes
Steerpike: Why is it that some people starve and others have so much they waste it?

Connections
Featured in Goodbye 2000 (2000)

gnawing dissatisfaction with the series as a whole

May I be the first non native (English) speaker to add my comments?

Not being familiar with the books, I was still a bit disappointed with Gormenghast. It all breathes a very literary, very theatrical atmosphere and never really turns into true television. An interesting story (almost a gothic fairy tale) nonetheless - although I felt it lacked character development - excellent casting, beautiful staging. And still this gnawing dissatisfaction with the series as a whole. Even the gorgeously evil Jonathan Rhys Meyers couldn't make up for it.