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The Illusionist
Why this pick
Its turn-of-the-century world of theatre, illusion, and investigation echoes the ornate Victorian atmosphere and layered murder-case construction of The Limehouse Golem.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A series of murders has shaken the community of Limehouse in Victorian London to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the Golem – must be responsible. When the music-hall star Elizabeth Cree is accused of poisoning her husband John on the same night as the last Golem murder, Inspector John Kildare discovers evidence linking John Cree to the Golem murders and wants to solve the cases before Elizabeth is hanged.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Olivia Cooke
Lizzie Cree
Douglas Booth
Dan Leno
Sam Reid
John Cree
María Valverde
Aveline Ortega
Henry Goodman
Karl Marx
Morgan Watkins
George Gissing
Peter Sullivan
Inspector Roberts
Damien Thomas
Salomon Weil