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"The truth shall come to light."
In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors now stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover a mystery.
22 Cast Members
Paul Bettany
Nicholas
Willem Dafoe
Martin
Tom Hardy
Straw
Brian Cox
Tobias
Simon McBurney
Stephen
Luke de Woolfson
Daniel
Gina McKee
Sarah
Vincent Cassel
Lord De Guise
Ewen Bremner
Simon Damian
Mark Benton
Sheriff
Elvira Mínguez
Martha
Stuart Wells
Springer
Hamish McColl
Innkeeper
Matthew Macfadyen
King’s Justice
Marián Aguilera
Nicholas’ lover
Trevor Steedman
The cuckold husband
Richard Durden
Town Justice
Julian Barratt
Gravedigger
Simon Pegg
Gaoler
James Cosmo
Lambert
