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Release date United Kingdom: TBA, DVD release: TBA

Director: Laurence Dunmore

Cast:

Johnny Depp as Rochester
Samantha Morton as Elizabeth Barry
John Malkovich as King Charles II
Rupert Friend as Billy Downs
Susie Gossling Valerio as Soddom
Julia Hickman as Soddom Dancer
Tom Hollander as George Etherege
Cara Horgan as Poppy Brightly
Shane MacGowan as 17th Century Bard
Maimie McCoy as Agnes Jessop
Liam McKenna as Thornton Percy

About:

'The Libertine' follows the adventures of John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester, in London of the 17th century. He has a passionate romance with a young actress, Elizabeth Barry, and he writes a scurrilous play which lampoons the monarch who commissioned it, Charles II, leading to the Earl's banishment and eventual downfall.

Genres:
Drama

Producers: Lianne Halfon John Malkovich Russell Smith

Writers: Stephen Jeffreys

Studio: The Weinstein Company