Svengali

Svengali (2013)

19/06/2013 (GB)
Comedy
1h 30m

Life, love and a band. Can he manage it?

Overview

Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…

  • John HardwickDirector
  • Jonny OwenWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Top Billed Cast

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

Don

Vicky McClure

Vicky McClure

Shell

Kumud Pant

Kumud Pant

Pub guest

Michael Socha

Michael Socha

Tommy

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Angie

Michael Smiley

Michael Smiley

Irish Pierre

Morwenna Banks

Morwenna Banks

Francine Hardy

Matt Berry

Matt Berry

Jeremy Braines

Jonny Owen

Dixie

Brian Hibbard

Dixie's Dad

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