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Cast
Marion Cotillard (Ewa Cybulska)Joaquin Phoenix (Bruno Weiss)Jeremy Renner (Orlando the Magician)Dagmara Dominczyk (Belva)Jicky Schnee (Clara)Elena Solovey (Rosie Hertz)Maja Wampuszyc (Edyta Bistricky)Ilia Volok (Wojtek Bistricky)Angela Sarafyan (Magda Cybulska)Antoni Corone (Customs Officer Thomas MacNally)Patrick Husted (Priest)Patrick Holden O'Neill (Leo Straub)Sam Tsoutsouvas (Oskar Straub)Robert Clohessy (Immigration Official)Adam Rothenberg (Officer DeKeiffer)Matthew Humphreys (Cop #1)James Colby (A John)Margaret Benczak (Another Immigrant)
Director
James Gray
Synopsis
In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
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