The Hippopotamus (film)

The Hippopotamus
Directed byJohn Jencks
Based onThe Hippopotamus
by Stephen Fry
StarringRoger Allam
Distributed byLightyear Entertainment
Release dates
  • 14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
  • 28 May 2017 (2017-05-28) (United Kingdom)
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Hippopotamus is a 2017 British film, adapted from Stephen Fry's 1994 novel of the same name.[1][2] Filmed in 2015 under the direction of John Jencks, the film chronicles a failed poet who is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.

Roger Allam and John Jencks at the 2016 Dinard British Film Festival
  1. ^ ‘The Hippopotamus’: Film Review | Palm Springs 2017 18 January 2017 The Hollywood Reporter www.hollywoodreporter.com, accessed 19 December 2020
  2. ^ The Hippopotamus review – eccentric adaptation of Stephen Fry's novel 1 June 2017 The Guardian www.theguardian.com, accessed 19 December 2020