Plot
At the Castle of Gormenghast, the Groan family has ruled with dusty ceremony for more than seventy generations. A clever and ambitious new kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins to insinuate himself into the affections of Lady Fuchsia Groan and to murder his way to power.
Cast
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as Steerpike
Celia Imrie
as Lady Gertrude
Ian Richardson
as Lord Groan
Neve McIntosh
as Lady Fuchsia
Christopher Lee
as Flay
Richard Griffiths
as Swelter
June Brown
as Nannie Slagg
Fiona Shaw
as Irma Prunesquallor