My Family and Other Animals
Genres
Overview
An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
2005-12-27
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
22
Vote Average
6.4
Imelda Staunton
Mother
Matthew Goode
Larry Durrell
Russell Tovey
Leslie Durrell
Chris Langham
Theodore Stephanides
Omid Djalili
Spiro
Tamzin Merchant
Margot Durrell
Mihalis Giannatos
Porter / Waiter
Dimitris Kamberidis
Rose-Beetle Man
Antonis Antoniou
Yani
George Couyas
Turkish Boyfriend
Mark Caven
Henry Miller
Miranda Hart
Jonquil
Meredith MacNeill
Silent Girlfriend
Rosalie Craig
Nancy
Tom Goodman-Hill
Peter
Matthew Rizos
Gerald's Double
Alexander Armstrong
Narrator
Lucy Christofi Christy
Jason Watkins
Durant
Eugene Simon
Gerald Durrell
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