Directed by:
David LynchCinematography:
Freddie FrancisComposer:
John MorrisCast:
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, Hannah Gordon, Michael Elphick, John Standing, Dexter Fletcher (more)VOD (2)
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With this poignant second feature, David Lynch brought his atmospheric visual and sonic palette to a notorious true story set in Victorian England. When the London surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets the freak-show performer John Merrick (John Hurt), who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship. Shot in gorgeous black and white and boasting a stellar supporting cast that includes Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, and Wendy Hiller, The Elephant Man was nominated for eight Academy Awards, cementing Lynch’s reputation as one of American cinema’s most visionary talents. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Anthony Hopkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/297/165297927_22daa8.jpg)
Anthony Hopkins
UK
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Father (2020)
![John Hurt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/843/160843644_e3b5c4.png)
John Hurt
UK
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Vincent - The Life and death of Vincent Van Gogh (1987)
![Anne Bancroft](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/775/163775419_2c975e.png)
Anne Bancroft
USA
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Graduate (1967)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
![John Gielgud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405827_80acb2.png)
John Gielgud
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
![Wendy Hiller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381948_864763.jpg)
Wendy Hiller
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Anne of Avonlea (1987) (TV movie)
![Freddie Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159952_fa26cf.jpg)
Freddie Jones
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
The Last Butterfly (1990)
Hannah Gordon
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Watership Down (1978)
![Michael Elphick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785469_748e2e.jpg)
Michael Elphick
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
![John Standing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416797_b986df.jpg)
John Standing
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Chaplin (1992)
King Rat (1965)
![Dexter Fletcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271018_ae4816.jpg)
Dexter Fletcher
UK
Best movies:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Stardust (2007)
![Lesley Dunlop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/078/158078109_51d440.jpg)
Lesley Dunlop
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
![Kathleen Byron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141955_6b9761.jpg)
Kathleen Byron
UK
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Almost Strangers (2001) (series)
![Patricia Hodge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/758/163758039_ed2fbf.jpg)
Patricia Hodge
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![Pauline Quirke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/598/160598360_b90e2d.jpg)
Pauline Quirke
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Cold Blood (2005) (series)
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
![Kenny Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781221_8fd021.jpg)
Kenny Baker
UK
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
![William Morgan Sheppard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785479_4eb7ff.jpg)
William Morgan Sheppard
UK
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Shogun (1980) (series)
![David Ryall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445193_e1a0ad.jpg)
David Ryall
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)
Black Beauty (1994)
Pat Gorman
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Batman (1989)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Eric Bergren
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Christopher De Vore
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)