Hysteria | |
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Directed by | Tanya Wexler |
Written by | Jonah Lisa Dyer Stephen Dyer Howard Gensler |
Produced by | Tracey Becker Judy Cairo Sarah Curtis |
Starring | Maggie Gyllenhaal Hugh Dancy Felicity Jones |
Cinematography | Sean Bobbitt |
Edited by | Jon Gregory |
Music by | Gast Waltzing Christian Henson |
Production companies | Informant Media Beachfront Films Forthcoming Productions Chimera Films LLC by alternative pictures Delux Productions Lankn Media WDR/Arte arte France Cinéma |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $15.3 million |
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.[1] The film, set in the Victorian era, shows how the medical management of hysteria led to the invention of the vibrator.[1]