Svengali (2013)
Life, love and a band. Can he manage it?
93 min
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…
- Release date
- June 21, 2013
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Trailer
Cast
- Martin Freeman as Don
- Vicky McClure as Shell
- Kumud Pant as Pub guest
- Michael Socha as Tommy
- Maxine Peake as Angie
- Michael Smiley as Irish Pierre
- Morwenna Banks as Francine Hardy
- Matt Berry as Jeremy Braines
- Jonny Owen as Dixie
- Brian Hibbard as Dixie's Dad
- Roger Evans as Horsey
- Alan McGee as Himself
- Nichola Burley
- Joel Fry as Macca
- Natasha O'Keeffe as Natasha
- Dylan Edwards as Jake
- Jessica Ellerby as Alice
- Di Botcher as Mrs. Cooper
- Jack Gover as Clubgoer
- Jordan Long as Homes
- Joanna Pickering as Horsey's Girl
- Eddie Webber as Teddy
- Sharon Morgan as Dixie's Mum
- Jermaine Liburd as Marcus
- Cass Pennant as Motown
- Carl Barât as Himself
- Shelley Rees as Nicola
- Pearl Mackie as F.O.H. girl
- Nicola Coughlan as Club Girl
Crew
- John Hardwick · Director
- Jonny Owen · Writer
- Victoria Barrell · Producer
- Jonny Owen · Producer
- Martin Root · Producer
- Rob Small · Producer
- Tristin Norwell · Composer
- Catherine Derry · Cinematographer
- Anthony Boys · Editor
- Brendan McNamara · Casting director
- Caroline Steiner · Production designer