--- title: 'Topsy-Turvy (1999)' type: 'film' director: 'Mike Leigh' released: '1999-01-01' runtime_minutes: 154 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Music' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/topsy-turvy-1999' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Topsy-Turvy (1999) 1999 · R · 154 min · Drama, History, Music, Comedy · United Kingdom ## Synopsis Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British musical period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert and Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan, along with Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville and Ron Cook. The story concerns the 15-month period in 1884 and 1885 leading up to the premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. The work explores the creative conflict between playwright and composer, and depicts their decision to continue their partnership, which led to their creation of several more Savoy operas. ## Credits - **Director:** [Mike Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-leigh) - **Screenplay:** [Mike Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-leigh) - **Original Music Composer:** [Carl Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-davis) - **Producer:** [Simon Channing-Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-channing-williams) - **Director of Photography:** [Dick Pope](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-pope) ## Cast - [Lesley Manville](https://cinepixo.com/people/lesley-manville) as Lucy 'Kitty' Gilbert - [Francis Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-lee) as Butt - [Timothy Spall](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-spall) as Richard Temple - [Katrin Cartlidge](https://cinepixo.com/people/katrin-cartlidge) as Madame of a Paris brothel - [Dexter Fletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/dexter-fletcher) as Louis - [Togo Igawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/togo-igawa) as First Kabuki Actor - [Kevin McKidd](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mckidd) as Durward Lely - [Allan Corduner](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-corduner) as Arthur Sullivan - [Martin Savage](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-savage) as George Grossmith - [Ron Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-cook) as Richard D'Oyly Carte - [Shirley Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-henderson) as Leonora Braham - [Vincent Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-franklin) as Rutland Barrington - [Alison Steadman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-steadman) as Madame Leon - [Julian Bleach](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-bleach) as Mr. Plank - [Sam Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-kelly) as Richard Barker ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/topsy-turvy-1999 Film facts: Wikidata (Q769347); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.