Empire of Light

Hilary runs a movie theater by the sea. Once a magnificent movie theater with several screens and a dance hall overlooking the sea, today there is only one screen left, albeit a large one. Hilary and her colleagues are sprucing up the theater for the local premiere of Chariots of Fire. Outside, however, the town is decaying, the number of right-wing extremists is on the rise, and Stephen is regularly harassed by skinheads.

Cast

Mr. Ellis
Colin Firth
Hilary
Olivia Colman
Stephen
Michael Ward
Norman
Toby Jones
Delia
Tanya Moodie
Ruby
Crystal Clarke
Empire of Light - Poster 1

Empire of Light

Sam Mendes

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
United Kingdom, United States 2022
Language
en. OF mit de. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 119min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1

Director & Crew

Sam Mendes 1

Sam Mendes

Born in 1965 in Reading/England. Studied at Cambridge University. Was artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London. Active as a director, writer and producer.

Filmography

1999 AMERICAN BEAUTY, Spielfilm 

2002 ROAD TO PERDITION, Spielfilm 

2005 JARHEAD, Spielfilm 

2008 REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, Spielfilm 

2009 AWAY WE GO, Spielfilm 

2012 SKYFALL, Spielfilm 

2015 SPECTRE, Spielfilm 

2019 1917, Spielfilm

2022 EMPIRE OF LIGHT, Spielfilm  HOF 2022

“[The story] was born in a time of self-examination and reflection. The memories that bubbled to the surface were memories from the early 80s to the present day. It was memories of growing up with a family history of mental illness and memories of my own formative teenage years, shaping my own racial politics during a time of great riotous racial politics that felt not dissimilar to some of the things we do through the world today also. All of these things felt both contemporary and current. I hope that when the audience sees the film, it feels like it did then, but also feels like it does now.”

Sam Mendes


Writer
Sam Mendes
Director of Photography
Roger Deakins
Editor
Lee Smith
Production Designer
Mark Tildesley
Sound
Stuart Wilson
Music Composer
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
Producer
Sam Mendes
Pippa Harris