CinemaOSMovie · 1997 · 1h 41m

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

60%(20)IMDbComedyDramaRomance

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

Directed byRobert Bierman

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 41m
Language: EN
Released: November 20, 1997

Studios

BBC Film

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Rosemary

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Gordon Comstock

Julian Wadham

Julian Wadham

Ravelston

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Erskine

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Julia Comstock

Lesley Vickerage

Lesley Vickerage

Hermione

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Mrs. Wisbeach

Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Mrs Meakin

John Clegg

John Clegg

McKechnie

Malcolm Sinclair

Malcolm Sinclair

Paul Doring

Creative team

Directed by: Robert Bierman
Written by: Alan Plater
Produced by: Peter Shaw

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