Gormenghast

Synopsis

At the Castle of Gormenghast, the Groan family has ruled with dusty ceremony for more than seventy generations. A clever and ambitious new kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins to insinuate himself into the affections of Lady Fuchsia Groan and to murder his way to power.

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Cast

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Steerpike

Celia Imrie

Gertrude, Countess of Groan

Neve McIntosh

Lady Fuchsia Groan

John Sessions

Dr Alfred Prunesquallor

Fiona Shaw

Irma Prunesquallor

Christopher Lee

Flay

Warren Mitchell

Barquentine