"The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him."

2012

1h 51m

6.3(1371 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

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Cast & Crew

49 members

Acting

John Cusack

Edgar Allan Poe

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Luke Evans

Detective Fields

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Alice Eve

Emily Hamilton

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Brendan Gleeson

Colonel Hamilton

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Kevin McNally

Maddux

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Oliver Jackson-Cohen

John Cantrell

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Jimmy Yuill

Captain Eldridge

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Pam Ferris

Mrs. Bradley

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Brendan Coyle

Reagan

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Sam Hazeldine

Ivan

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Adrian Rawlins

Doc Clements

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Aidan Feore

Stage Manager

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Dave Legeno

Percy

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Michael Cronin

Old Gentleman

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Michael Poole

Professor

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Michael Shannon

Dr. Morgan

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Charity Wakefield

Fields' Maid

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John Warnaby

Griswold

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Matt Slack

Sailor

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Ian Virgo

Fire Marshall

Production

Michael J. Fourticq Sr.

Bookseller

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Jasmina Ilic

Older Tenement Woman (Dead)

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Teodora Uveric

Young Tenement Woman (Dead)

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Kristof Farkas

Wretching student

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Luka Mijatović

Small Boy

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József Tálos

Sherry Merchant

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Matt Devere

Hamilton's Security Guard

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Sergej Trifunović

Salty Sailor

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Miloš Đuričić

Porter - Paris

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Mike Kelly

Party Reveler

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Bojan Perić

Officer at Precinct

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Ana Sofrenović

Lady Macbeth

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Steve Agnew

Doctor in "Macbeth"

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Malina Nikolic

Gentlewoman in "Macbeth"

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Miklós Kapácsy

Headline Man 1

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Andrew Hefler

Headline Man 2

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Pierre Boris Jaurdin

French Officer

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Tamara Krcunović

Doc Clements' Maid

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Jason Ryan

Crew Member

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Antal Publik

Cardinal

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László Konter

Breathless Tenement Man

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Mark C. Phelan

Barfly 1

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Writing

Krisztián Peer

Barfly 2

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Annamária Ördög

Actress

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Ádám Földi

Church Secretary

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Dejan Cubrilov

Maurice Robichaux

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Máté Haumann

Uniformed Guard

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Péter Fancsikai

Young Man Skeleton

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Sava Rapic

Servant

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