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Svengali (1983 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Svengali' is a 1983 American television film based on the 1894 novel 'Trilby' by George du Maurier.
Cast
* Peter O'Toole - Anton Bosnyak
* Jodie Foster - Zoe Alexander
* Elizabeth Ashley - Eve Swiss
* Larry Joshua - Johnny Rainbow
* Pamela Blair - Trish
* Barbara Bryne - Mrs. Burns-Rizzo
* Ron Weyand - Hypnotist
* Robin Thomas - Mendy Weindenbaum
* Brian Carney - Abbot Renfrew
* Madeleine Potter - Antonia
* Holly Hunter - Leslie
* Vera Mayer - Gizella
* Stuart Charno - Boomer
Production
Filming took place over 20 days. Shortly after filming, director Anthony Harvey had a near-fatal car crash. "I hadn't been in hospital but a week," he says, "when CBS started cutting the movie, seriously harming it. All the more fragile moments are gone and so are the exterior scenes that opened up the story."
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