In Victorian London, a Scotland Yard inspector hunts down the sadistic killer behind a series of gory, Jack the Ripper-Like murders.In Victorian London, a Scotland Yard inspector hunts down the sadistic killer behind a series of gory, Jack the Ripper-Like murders.In Victorian London, a Scotland Yard inspector hunts down the sadistic killer behind a series of gory, Jack the Ripper-Like murders.
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- 8 nominations
- Evening Post Reporter
- (as Daniel Cerquiera)
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- TriviaThe role portrayed by Bill Nighy was initially given to Alan Rickman, but the latter had to pull out of the project due to ill-health, which eventually led to his untimely death from pancreatic cancer in January 2016. At the end of the end credits, the following dedication appears on the screen: "This film is dedicated to the memory of Alan Rickman".
- GoofsThe great Dan Leno first appeared on stage in 1884 - so he became popular in the late 1880s and 1890s. Karl Marx died in 1883, one year before Dan Leno first took to the stage. There could be no point in time when someone could meet both Karl Marx and a successful, popular Dan Leno.
- Quotes
John Kildare: [Reading a bloody writing in Latin on a wall at the scene of a heinous crime] "He who observes spills no less blood than he who inflicts the blow." Lactantius
George Flood: Impressive, sir.
John Kildare: The truth has a habit of sticking in the mind.
George Flood: Truth?
John Kildare: Those who fail to prevent injustice are as guilty as the perpetrator. It's a message... to us.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: The Limehouse Golem (2017)
- SoundtracksWhat Did She Know About Railways?
Written by C. G. Cotes
Music by Bennett Scott
Performed by Olivia Cooke
With a nod to the Jack the Ripper murders this one is set in London's underclass Limehouse, where Inspector under a cloud Nighy arrives to investigate the succession of "Golem" slasher murders. Suspects include comedian Dan Leno and a bushy bearded Karl Marx. Nighy's investigation gets involved with hard working actress wife Olivia Cooke's trial for poisoning her husband.
Alternating between the British Museum and Leno's tacky music hall attention shifts to Cooke's back story with lots of oppression of women, class warfare, homoerotic suspicions, opium dens and politicking at the Yard.
Cast and design are superior but this one is not a fun outing.
- Mozjoukine
- Nov 3, 2016
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- Ґолем Лаймхаузу
- Filming locations
- Dalton Mills, Dalton Lane, Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK(Victorian Streets, Theatre and Docklands)
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- Gross worldwide
- $2,327,419
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1