
Feature film — 2013
Svengali (2013)
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…
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A high-signal pick with 33 votes.
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Director: John Hardwick
On screen
Cast & crew

Martin Freeman
Don

Vicky McClure
Shell

Kumud Pant
Pub guest

Michael Socha
Tommy

Maxine Peake
Angie

Michael Smiley
Irish Pierre

Morwenna Banks
Francine Hardy

Matt Berry
Jeremy Braines
Jonny Owen
Dixie
Brian Hibbard
Dixie's Dad

Roger Evans
Horsey

Alan McGee
Himself
