---
title: 'Dreamchild (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gavin Millar'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dreamchild-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dreamchild (1985)

1985 · 94 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Dreamchild is a 1985 British drama film written by Dennis Potter, directed by Gavin Millar, and produced by Rick McCallum and Kenith Trodd. The film, starring Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Nicola Cowper and Amelia Shankley, is a fictionalised account of Alice Liddell, the child who inspired Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gavin Millar](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-millar)
- **Screenplay:** [Dennis Potter](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-potter)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-myers)
- **Producer:** [Rick McCallum](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-mccallum), [Kenith Trodd](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenith-trodd)
- **Director of Photography:** [Billy Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-williams)

## Cast

- [Nicola Cowper](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-cowper)
- [Sam Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-douglas)
- [Peter Gallagher](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-gallagher)
- [Rupert Wainwright](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-wainwright)
- [Coral Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/coral-browne)
- [Ian Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-holm)
- [Roger Ashton-Griffiths](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-ashton-griffiths)
- [William Hootkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hootkins)
- [Shane Rimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-rimmer)
- [Ken Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-campbell)
- [Jane Asher](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-asher)
- [Tony Haygarth](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-haygarth)
- [Julie Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-walters)
- [James Wilby](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wilby)
- [Alan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bennett)

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