The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.

Full Cast of The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

David Suchet as Leopold Bloom

David Suchet

Leopold Bloom
 Brian Cox as Henrik Ibsen (voice)

Brian Cox

Henrik Ibsen (voice)
 Ben Daniels as Hans Castorp

Ben Daniels

Hans Castorp
 Ian McDiarmid as Dostoevsky

Ian McDiarmid

Dostoevsky
 Tim McInnerny as Settembrini

Tim McInnerny

Settembrini
 Jim Broadbent as Ossipon

Jim Broadbent

Ossipon
 Ian McNeice as Egisto Oliveri / Producer / Philip / Doctor

Ian McNeice

Egisto Oliveri / Producer / Philip / Doctor