Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.
FantasyAdventureComedytransportervillainlondon undergroundghostgoblinhigh fantasysupernatural powermagic worldlost soulssinistermagical doormysterious london firm
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Character
Classical in form, unpretentious, contemporary and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Patrick GibsonPaul Carpenter
- Christoph WaltzHumphrey Wells / John Wells Snr
- Damon HerrimanMonty Smith-Gregg
- Sophie WildeSophie Pettingel
- Sam NeillDennis Tanner
- Demi HarmanJob Applicant
- Rachel HouseProfessor Nienke Van Spee
- Miranda OttoCountess Judy
- Chris PangCasimir Suslowicz
- Arka DasNeville
Crew
- Jeffrey WalkerDirector
- Leon FordWriter
- Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
- Geoff LambEditor
- Blanca ListaProducer
- Lisa HensonProducer
- Todd FellmanProducer
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