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Mary Shelley
“Her greatest love inspired her darkest creation”
7.0 / 10• 2017• 2h 0m•PG-13• English
RomanceDrama
Storyline
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Cast & Crew
Elle Fanning
Mary Shelley
Lead
Douglas Booth
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Bel Powley
Claire Clairmont
Stephen Dillane
William Godwin
Joanne Froggatt
Mary Jane Clairmont
Tom Sturridge
Lord Byron
Ben Hardy
Dr. John Polidori
Maisie Williams
Isabel Baxter
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Haifaa al-Mansour's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mary Shelley is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
