The Mandrake Root

The Mandrake Root
Directed byMalachi Bogdanov
Written byMalachi Bogdanov (adaption)
Produced byRosanna Castangia
Carlo Dessi
Simon M. Woods
StarringJason Nicoli
Chara Jackson
Geoffrey Bateman
Mike Rogers
Jonathan Owen
Craig Painting
CinematographyTony Yates
Edited byMalachi Bogdanov
Nat Higginbottom
Simon M. Woods
Music byChristopher Ash
Production
company
Distributed byEuropean Drama Network
Release dates
  • 20 June 2008 (2008-06-20) (UK)
  • 7 August 2008 (2008-08-07) (Italy)
Running time
75 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Italy
LanguagesEnglish
Italian
Budget£200,000

The Mandrake Root is a 2008 comedy drama film adapted and directed by Malachi Bogdanov as his first feature film. The film was produced by Simon M. Woods as the first film release of European Drama Network.

Based on the play La Mandragola (The Mandrake) written by Niccolò Machiavelli in 1518, the film was nominated for the Best Drama 2008 by the Royal Television Society Awards Midland.