Movie Details:
Country | Germany |
Language | German, English |
Genres | Biography, Drama |
Release date | September 20, 2024 (Opernhaus, Stuttgart, premiere) September 23, 2024 (Essen, premiere) October 2, 2024 (Berlin, premiere) October 3, 2024 (Germany) October 13, 2024 (Filmcasino, Wien, premiere) |
Running time | 2hr 13min |
Starring | Sam Riley Marti Fernandez Paixa Jason Reilly Hanns Zischler Georgette Tsingurides |
Directed by | Joachim Lang |
Written by | Joachim Lang |
Produced by | Till Derenbach |
Cinematography by | Philipp Sichler |
Edited by | Jan Pusch |
Music by | Reinhard Besser Walter Mair |
Casting By | Marc Schötteldreier |
Production Design by | Astrid Poeschke |
Art Direction by | Irene Piel |
Set Decoration by | Anik Celikaslan |
Costume Design by | Juliane Maier Christian Röhrs |
Filming locations | Feierabendhaus Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Staatstheater Stutgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Production Company | Zeitsprung Pictures Südwestrundfunk (SWR) Das Stuttgarter Ballett Staatstheater Stuttgart |
Distributor | Beta Cinema Port au Prince Pictures |
Cast & Characters:
- Sam Riley as John Cranko
- Marti Fernandez Paixa as Richard Cragun
- Jason Reilly as Ray Barra
- Hanns Zischler as Walter Erich Schäfer
- Georgette Tsingurides as Self
- Maria Eichwald as Georgette Tsinguirides
- Jürgen Rose as Self
- Louis Nitsche as Jürgen Rose
- Max Schimmelpfennig as Dieter Gräfe
- Dieter Gräfe as Self
- Adrian Oldenburger as Reid Anderson
- Reid Anderson as Self
- Satchel Tanner as Vladimir Klos
- VladimÃr Klos as Self
- Rocio Aleman as Birgit Keil
- Birgit Keil as Self
- Henrik Erikson as Egon Madsen
- Egon Madsen as Self
- Friedemann Vogel as Heinz Clauss
- Marcia Haydée as Self
- Elisa Badenes as Marcia Haydée
- Ava Arbuckle as Junge Ballerina
- Alastair Bannerman as Alastair (Pianist)
- Gabor Biedermann as Verteidiger
- Vilmar Bieri as Verwaltungsangesteller
- Boris Burgstaller as Richter
- Matthew Burton as Solomon Hurok
- Marcus Calvin as Martin Feinstein
- Eric Carter as Reporter New York
- Marc Fischer as Peter Palitzsch
- Elisa Ghisalberti as Tänzerin
- Sascha Göpel as Kurt Heinz Stolze
- Lucas Gregorowicz as Fritz Höver
- Jessica Higgins as Grace Cranko
- Vassily Kazakos as Nikos
- Gerrit Klein as Alexander
- Artus Maria Matthiessen as Taxifahrer
- Thomas Meinhardt as Arnulf Klett
- Valentin Richter as Angeklagter
- Klaus Rodewald as Zeuge
- Paula Skorupa as Zeugin
- Ben Ruedinger as Clive Barnes
- Diana Ruiz as Xenia Palley
- Seumas Sargent as Herbert Cranko
- Sonia Santiago as Anne Wooliams
- Vincent Travnicek as Eddie Dutton
- Veronika Verterich as Micheline Fauré
- David Vormweg as Kai
- Stefan Weinert as Nicholas Beriozoff
Storyline:
Joachim Lang’s biopic about the brilliant dancer and choreographer John Cranko, who left the Royal Ballet in London and found fame in Stuttgart as its great dance creator.