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Hysteria is a 2011 British period romantic comedy film directed by Tanya Wexler. It stars Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal, with Felicity Jones, Jonathan Pryce, and Rupert Everett appearing in key supporting roles. The film, set in the Victorian era, shows how the medical management of hysteria led to the invention of the vibrator.
- $15.3 million
- Tracey Becker, Judy Cairo, Sarah Curtis
Dec 14, 2011 · Hysteria: Directed by Tanya Wexler. With Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones. The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.
- (33K)
- Biography, Comedy, Romance
- Tanya Wexler
- 2011-12-14
Directed by Tanya Wexler. Comedy, Romance. R. 1h 40m. By Stephen Holden. May 17, 2012. “Tally ho!” shouts a flushed patient while her doctor applies manual stimulation in “Hysteria,” Tanya...
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Academy Award® nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal (CRAZY HEART, NANNY McPHEE RETURNS) and Hugh Dancy (ADAM, CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC) lead an accomplished cast in this untold tale of discovery. London, 1880. MORTIMER GRANVILLE (Hugh Dancy), a dedicated and forward-thinking young doctor, is struggling to establish his career.
May 18, 2012 · The film stars Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy, alongside Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones. (Sony Pictures Classics) Hysteria, a mischievously inspired romantic comedy set in the late 19th century, is based on the surprising truth of how Mortimer Granville came up with the world's first electromechanical ...