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Svengali

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Svengali

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

5.3

1h 30m

2013

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

Synopsis

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…

Director

John Hardwick

Trailer

Comedy

Cast & Crew

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

as Don

Vicky McClure

Vicky McClure

as Shell

Kumud Pant

Kumud Pant

as Pub guest

Michael Socha

Michael Socha

as Tommy

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

as Angie

Michael Smiley

as Irish Pierre

Morwenna Banks

Morwenna Banks

as Francine Hardy

Matt Berry

Matt Berry

as Jeremy Braines

Jonny Owen

as Dixie

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