Based on a best-selling novel, this star-studded film explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout time. Drama, mystery, action and enduring love thread through a story that unfolds in multiple lifetimes as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. Each member of the ensemble cast appears in multiple roles as the story moves through time. Note the long running time.
172 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence, Prejudice) Detective/Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi.
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw
Director
Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Screenplay
Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, from the novel by David Mitchell
Music
Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
Cinematography
Frank Griebe, John Toll
Editing
Alexander Berner
Sound formats
Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Soundtrack
Available
Made in
2012
Produced by
Cloud Atlas Productions, X-Filme Creative Pool, Anarchos Pictures, A Compay Filmprodutionsgeselleschaft, ARD Degeto Film, Ascension Pictures, Five Drops, Media Asia Group
A story of how consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present and future as a soul of a killer is shaped into a soul of a saviour and acts of kindness inspiring people across centuries.