---
title: 'The Professor and the Madman (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Farhad Safinia'
released: '2019-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Ireland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-professor-and-the-madman-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5932728/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Professor and the Madman (2019)

2019 · 124 min · Drama, History · United States, Ireland


## Synopsis

The Professor and the Madman is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Farhad Safinia, from a screenplay by Safinia and Todd Komarnicki based on the 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester. It stars Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, David O'Hara, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, and Steve Coogan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Farhad Safinia](https://cinepixo.com/people/farhad-safinia)
- **Screenplay:** [Farhad Safinia](https://cinepixo.com/people/farhad-safinia), [Todd Komarnicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-komarnicki)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bear McCreary](https://cinepixo.com/people/bear-mccreary)
- **Producer:** [Nicolas Chartier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-chartier), [Gastón Pavlovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaston-pavlovich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kasper Andersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kasper-andersen)
- **Editor:** [John Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gilbert)

## Cast

- [Natalie Dormer](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-dormer)
- [Jeremy Irvine](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-irvine)
- [Sean Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-penn) as William Chester Minor
- [Ioan Gruffudd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ioan-gruffudd) as Henry Bradley
- [Mel Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-gibson) as James Murray

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