Paper Mask
Encyclopedia
Paper Mask is a 1990 British
drama film
directed by Christopher Morahan
and starring Paul McGann
, Amanda Donohoe
and Tom Wilkinson
. A hospital porter decides to impersonate a doctor in a busy hospital. It was based on a novel by John Collee
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Christopher Morahan
Christopher Morahan
Christopher Thomas Morahan CBE is an English stage and television director and producing manager.-Training and career:Morahan was born in London in 1929, and was educated at Highgate School...
and starring Paul McGann
Paul McGann
Paul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
, Amanda Donohoe
Amanda Donohoe
Amanda Donohoe is an English film and television actress. She is known for her 1980s relationship with popstar Adam Ant and her later work on television — including L.A. Law and Emmerdale — and her roles in successful movies including Liar, Liar.-Early life:Donohoe was born in London, the daughter...
and Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Wilkinson, OBE is a British actor. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton...
. A hospital porter decides to impersonate a doctor in a busy hospital. It was based on a novel by John Collee
John Collee
John Gerald Collee is a Scottish screenwriter who has written scripts for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Happy Feet, and Creation. Collee practised medicine and wrote several novels before he became a full-time screenwriter...
.
Cast
- Paul McGannPaul McGannPaul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
... Matthew Harris - Amanda DonohoeAmanda DonohoeAmanda Donohoe is an English film and television actress. She is known for her 1980s relationship with popstar Adam Ant and her later work on television — including L.A. Law and Emmerdale — and her roles in successful movies including Liar, Liar.-Early life:Donohoe was born in London, the daughter...
... Christine Taylor - Frederick TrevesFrederick Treves (actor)Frederick William Treves BEM, is an English character actor with an extensive repertoire, specialising in avuncular military and titled types....
... Dr. Mumford - Tom WilkinsonTom WilkinsonThomas Geoffrey "Tom" Wilkinson, OBE is a British actor. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton...
... Dr. Thorn - Barbara Leigh-HuntBarbara Leigh-HuntBarbara Leigh-Hunt , Bath, England, is a British actress who has appeared on stage, film, television and radio.-Career:...
... Celia Mumford - Jimmy YuillJimmy YuillJimmy Yuill is an actor, born in 1959, in Golspie, Scotland.He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and later joined the Renaissance Theatre Company. He has appeared in many of Kenneth Branagh's films, most recently as Corin in the 2006 As You Like It...
... Alec Moran - Mark Lewis JonesMark Lewis JonesMark Lewis Jones is a Welsh actor, whose roles include that of a police inspector in BBC drama series, 55 Degrees North, a whaler in the movie, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Tecton, a soldier in Troy....
... Dr. Lloyd - John WarnabyJohn WarnabyJohn Warnaby is a British actor who has appeared extensively in film and television.In Nicholas de Jongh's 2009 stage hit in London Plague Over England, Warnaby plays both 1950s Home Secretary David Maxwell Fyfe and an acerbic theatre critic.-References:...
... Dr. Hammond - Alexandra Mathie ... Beverley
- Oliver Ford DaviesOliver Ford Davies-Biography:From the King's School, Canterbury, he won a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford, where he read History and became President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society . He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1990 for Best Actor in a New Play for Racing Demon...
... Coroner - Frank Baker ... Happy
- Clive RoweClive RoweClive Rowe is a British actor, probably best known for his role as "Duke" in BBC Children's drama The Story of Tracy Beaker. Rowe grew up in Shaw, Lancashire, in the parish of East Crompton and attended St. James Primary School...
... Ants - Robert Oates ... Head Porter
- Karen AscoeKaren AscoeKaren Ascoe is a British actress of the stage and screen. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has appeared in numerous plays on the London stage...
... Alison - Dale Rapley ... Dr. Simon Hennessey
- Simon Adams ... Laurence
- Hetta Charnley ... Medical Student