In the Realms of the Unreal
Jan 15 2004
•1h 21m
•Documentary
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.
Cast
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Henry Darger
Himself
Larry Pine
Henry Darger (Voice)
Dakota Fanning
Narrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)
Frier McCollister
Voice
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