Every heart tells a tale.
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Christian BaleAugustus Landor
- Harry MellingEdgar Allan Poe
- Lucy BoyntonLea Marquis
- Toby JonesDr. Daniel Marquis
- Simon McBurneyCaptain Hitchcock
- Timothy SpallSuperintendent Thayer
- Robert DuvallJean-Pepe
- Harry LawteyArtemus Marquis
- Gillian AndersonJulia Marquis
- Charlotte GainsbourgPatsy
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- Scott CooperDirector
- Scott CooperWriter
- Louis BayardNovel
- Masanobu TakayanagiDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Dylan TichenorEditor
- Christian BaleProducer
- Scott CooperProducer
- John LesherProducer
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