The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015)
59m
Running Time
January 31, 2015Release Date
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015)
59m
Running Time
January 31, 2015Release Date
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Plot.
It's a timeless classic of children's literature and the third most-quoted book in English after the Bible and Shakespeare. But what lies behind the extraordinary appeal of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to generations of adults and children alike? To mark the 150th anniversary of its publication, this film explores the life and imagination of its author, the Reverend Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Journalist Martha Kearney delves into the biographies of both Carroll himself and of the young girl, Alice Liddell, who inspired his most famous creation. She discusses the book with a range of experts, biographers and distinguished cultural figures - from actor Richard E Grant to children's author Philip Pullman - and explores with them the mystery of how a retiring, buttoned-up and meticulous mathematics don, who spent almost his entire life within the cloistered confines of Christ Church Oxford, was able to capture the world of childhood in such a captivating way.
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Cast & Crew.

Martha Kearney
Narrator

David Anley
Himself - Forensic Imagery Analyst

Jane Atkinson
Herself - Croft Rectory

Peter Atkinson
Himself - Croft Rectory

Nicholas Burnett
Himself - Photographic Conservation Specialist

Ian Clayton
Himself - Ditchling Players

Morton N. Cohen
Himself - Author, Lewis Carroll: A Biography

Mark Davies
Himself - Local Historian

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Himself - Author, The Story of Alice

Richard E. Grant
Himself - Actor

Hugh Haughton
Himself - University of York

Peter Howell
Himself - Ditchling Players

Alice Liddell
Herself (archive footage)

Caroline Luke
Herself - Great Great Grandniece of Lewis Carroll

Alexander Parsons
Composer

Philip Pullman
Himself - Writer

Will Self
Himself - Writer

Nicholas Shrimpton
Himself - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Vanessa Tait
Herself - Great Granddaughter of Alice Liddell

Edward Wakeling
Himself - Editor, Lewis Carroll's Diaries

Jenny Woolf
Herself - Author, The Mystery of Lewis Carroll

Pierre-Alain Mathieu
Sound Recordist

Andrew Georgiou
Production Coordinator

Rob Newman
Sound Recordist

Duncan O'Neill
Editor

Jack Burton
Camera Operator

Caroline Turner
Production Manager

Clare Beavan
Producer / Director

Justin Evans
Director of Photography

Malcolm Edmonds
Director of Photography

Alexander Parsons
Original Music Composer

Neil Crombie
Executive Producer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
lewis carroll
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