--- title: 'Death of a Superhero (2011)' type: 'film' director: 'Ian Fitzgibbon' released: '2011-09-10' runtime_minutes: 97 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Germany' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-of-a-superhero-2011' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1384927/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Death of a Superhero (2011) 2011 · 97 min · Drama · Germany ## Synopsis Death of a Superhero is a 2011 Irish drama film based on the New Zealand novel of the same name by Anthony McCarten. Originally planned to be directed by McCarten in New Zealand, the film was shot on location in Ireland throughout 2010 and was directed by Ian FitzGibbon. The film stars Thomas Sangster alongside Andy Serkis. It tells the story of a dying 15-year-old boy who draws comic book stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ian Fitzgibbon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-fitzgibbon) - **Screenplay:** [Anthony McCarten](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-mccarten) - **Producer:** [Anthony McCarten](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-mccarten) - **Original Music Composer:** [Marius Ruhland](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-ruhland) - **Director of Photography:** [Tom Fährmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-fahrmann) ## Cast - [Ned Dennehy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-dennehy) - [Matthias Beier](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-beier) - [Sharon Horgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharon-horgan) - [Thomas Brodie-Sangster](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-brodie-sangster) - [Aisling Loftus](https://cinepixo.com/people/aisling-loftus) - [Andy Serkis](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-serkis) - [Michael McElhatton](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mcelhatton) - [Jessica Schwarz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-schwarz) - [Enda Oates](https://cinepixo.com/people/enda-oates) - [Emma Eliza Regan](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-eliza-regan) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-of-a-superhero-2011 Film facts: Wikidata (Q445427); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.