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My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw (2018)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 0M

Director : Gerry Hoban

Synopsis

Award-winning Irish actor Gabriel Byrne explores the life, works and passions of George Bernard Shaw, a giant of world literature, and - like Byrne - an emigrant Irishman with the outsider's ability to observe, needle and puncture.

Actors

Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne
Narrator
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Himself (repertorio)
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Himself
Gemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton
Herself
Dara Ó Briain
Dara Ó Briain
Himself
Michael D. Higgins
Michael D. Higgins
Himself

Crews

Gerry Hoban
Gerry Hoban
Director
Gerry Hoban
Gerry Hoban
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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