Die Entdeckung der Unendlichkeit (2014)
Während seines Studiums an der renommierten Cambridge University in den 1960er Jahren verliebt sich der brillante Naturwissenschaftler Stephen Hawking bis über beide Ohren in die Sprachenstudentin Jane Wilde. Einen herben Rückschlag erhält der theoretische Physiker, der sich vor allem mit dem Phänomen der Zeit und dem Ursprung des Universums beschäftigt, im Alter von nur 21 Jahren, als bei ihm die degenerative Nervenkrankheit ALS diagnostiziert wird. Die Ärzte geben ihm nur noch etwa zwei Jahre zu leben. Doch schiere Willenskraft und nicht zuletzt die Liebe Janes, die ihn nach dem niederschmetternden Befund nicht etwa verlässt, sondern seine Frau wird, helfen ihm, den immer größeren körperlichen Einschränkungen zu trotzen und schließlich mit seinen bahnbrechenden Forschungen in die Geschichte einzugehen.
Der Regisseur:
James Marsh
Der Autor:
Anthony McCarten
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Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking |
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Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking |
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Charlie Thomas Cox as Jonathan Hellyer Jones |
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Emily Watson as Beryl Wilde |
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Simon McBurney as Frank Hawking |
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David Thewlis as Dennis Sciama |
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Maxine Peake as Elaine Mason |
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Harry Lloyd as Brian |
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Tom Prior as Robert Hawking (Age 17) |
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Sophie Perry as Lucy Hawking (Age 14) |
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Finlay Wright-Stephens as Timothy Hawking (Age 8) |
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Alice Orr-Ewing as Diana King |
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Thomas Morrison as Carter |
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Michael Marcus as Ellis |
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Gruffudd Glyn as Rees |
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Paul Longley as Barman - Rowing Club |
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Guy Oliver-Watts as George Wilde |
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Lucy Chappell as Mary Hawking |
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Charlotte Hope as Philippa Hawking |
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Abigail Cruttenden as Isobel Hawking |
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Nicholas Gerard-Martin as Physicist #1 |
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Brett Brown as Physicist #2 |
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Anthony Skrimshire as Physicist #3 |
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Christian McKay as Roger Penrose |
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Adam Godley as Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital |
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Nicola Sloane as Bedder |
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Lottie Hamilton as Robert Hawking (New Born) |
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Enzo Cilenti as Kip Thorne |
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Rufus Taylor as Robert Hawking (Age 2) |
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Delilah Sexton as Lucy Hawking (New Born) |
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Eileen Davies as Eileen Bond |
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Simon Chandler as John Taylor |
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Georg Nikoloff as Khalatnikov |
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Oliver Payne as Robert Hawking (Age 8) |
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Raffiella Chapman as Lucy Hawking (Age 6) |
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Sam Houston as Timothy Hawking (Baby) |
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Victoria Emslie as Sarah (Geneva Student) |
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Frank Lebœuf as Swiss Doctor |
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Will Barton as Technician |
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Lucy Challenger as Female Fan |
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Nicola Victoria Buck as Cockcroft Guest #2 |
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Stuart Benson as Cockcroft Guest #3 |
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Andrew Bridgmont as Cockcroft Guest #5 |
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Jamie Edwards as Cockcroft Guest #4 |
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Jumaane Brown as Cockcroft Guest #1 |
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Becky Bush as Undergraduate (uncredited) |
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Jon Wennington as Journalist (uncredited) |
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Cynthia Garbutt as Journalist (uncredited) |
| Directing | James Marsh | Director |
| Camera | Benoît Delhomme | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lisa Bruce | Producer |
| Production | Anthony McCarten | Producer |
| Production | Eric Fellner | Producer |
| Art | John Paul Kelly | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen Noble | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jinx Godfrey | Editor |
| Production | Tim Bevan | Producer |
| Art | Kevin Day | Props |
| Sound | Glenn Freemantle | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Adam Scrivener | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ian Tapp | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Sylvia Parker | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Rebecca Pearson | Location Manager |
| Art | Kira Kemble | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Glenn Marks | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Jill McCullough | Dialect Coach |
| Production | David Campbell-Bell | Location Manager |
| Lighting | Pat Sweeney | Gaffer |
| Editing | Mark Keady | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Allan Jenkins | Music Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agnes Legere | Hairstylist |
| Production | Nina Gold | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natasha Cousins | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Rachel Kennedy | Unit Publicist |
| Writing | Anthony McCarten | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Mark Holt | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Gerry Vasbenter | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Glen Gathard | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Sarah Bridge | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Craig Barwick | Production Accountant |
| Art | Alice Sutton | Art Department Assistant |
| Production | Lucas Webb | Associate Producer |
| Production | Theo Park | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Gillian Dodders | ADR Editor |
| Production | Amelia Granger | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Colin Nicolson | Production Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Sewell | Makeup Designer |
| Writing | Jane Hawking | Book |
| Production | David Kosse | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Deborah Saban | First Assistant Director |
| Art | David Hindle | Supervising Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agnes Legere | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Robert Sterne | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Nicholas Freemantle | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Warhurst | Music Editor |
| Editing | Mark Keady | Associate Editor |
| Production | Lauren Evans | Casting Associate |
| Sound | Paul Wrightson | ADR Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Sewell | Prosthetic Designer |
| Production | Alison Banks | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Liam Daniel | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Danny Freemantle | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Mark Milsome | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lesley Smith | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Anthony Weeden | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Sewell | Hair Designer |
| Lighting | Liam McGill | Rigging Gaffer |
| Production | Richard Hewitt | Co-Producer |
| Production | Liza Chasin | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Claire Freeman | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | Jim Philpott | Key Grip |
| Production | Carrie-Ann Banner | Production Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alex Rouse | Wigmaker |
| Art | Mat Campbell | Greensman |
| Sound | Ben Barker | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Dillon Bennett | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Eilam Hoffman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Matt Curtis | Title Designer |
| Art | Bruce Gordon | Sculptor |
| Art | Dean Hawley | Painter |
| Art | Tim Lanning | Greensman |
| Visual Effects | Finola O'Brien | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Colin Gregory | Boom Operator |
| Visual Effects | Ines Li | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Noga Alon Stein | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Derek Trigg | Foley Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anita Burger | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Claire Nia Richards | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kristyan Mallett | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Sound | Paul Wrightson | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Gillian Dodders | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Dan Maslen | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Craig Price | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chris Lyons | Special Effects Makeup Artist |