The Childhood of a Leader
“Witness the birth of a terrifying ego.”
The chilling story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mold his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego.
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Cast
30 people
Bérénice Bejo
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The Artist
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Liam Cunningham
The Father
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Game of Thrones
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Stacy Martin
Adelaide / The Teacher
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
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Yolande Moreau
The Maid
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Amélie
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Jacques Boudet
The Priest
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Nikita
Robert Pattinson
Charles Marker / The Leader
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The Batman
Twilight
Tom Sweet
Prescott, the Boy
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Gunpowder
Sophie Lane Curtis
Laura
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The Art of Getting By
Rebecca Dayan
Edith
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Halston
The Neon Demon
Michael Epp
Economist
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Secret Invasion
The Beekeeper
Pető Kata
Housemaid
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The Day of the Jackal
Mark Phelan
Mr. Advisor
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The Pillars of the Earth
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Brady Corbet Director · Mona Fastvold Screenplay Jean-Paul Sartre Author
Worldwide gross $213K · Budget $3M · United States release July 22, 2016
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$213,000
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment
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Bron Capital Partners
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Scion Pictures
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Crystal Wealth
Production
Unanimous Entertainment
Production
MACT Productions
Production
Filmteam
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Studio l'Équipe
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SCOPE Pictures
Production
IFC Films
Studio
Bow and Arrow Entertainment
Production
Hepp Film
Production
Belgium · Canada · France · Hungary · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
Italy · September 5, 2015
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · July 22, 2016
Limited theatrical
United States
June 23, 2016 · Premiere · BAMcinemaFest
Australia
June 14, 2016 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
July 31, 2016 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Germany
June 27, 2016 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
October 8, 2016 · Premiere · Film Festival Cologne
Greece
February 22, 2018 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
August 21, 2016 · Premiere · Summer International Film Festival
Hungary
April 8, 2017 · Premiere · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Israel
July 10, 2016 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
Italy
June 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Japan
November 25, 2016 · Digital
Mexico
July 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 6, 2016 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
January 30, 2017 · Physical · Blu-ray
Poland
July 24, 2016 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
October 30, 2016 · Premiere · American Film Festival
November 11, 2016 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 24, 2016 · Theatrical
Russia
September 8, 2016 · Theatrical
Spain
December 7, 2016 · Digital
Sweden
February 1, 2016 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
May 13, 2016 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 8, 2016 · Premiere · Istanbul Film Festival
Ukraine
September 29, 2016 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 18, 2016 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
July 1, 2016 · Premiere · East End Film Festival
August 19, 2016 · Theatrical
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