Dance First

7.0
  • Genre: HistoryDrama
  • Run time: 100 min
  • Premiere: 2023. November 3.

Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos “Dance first, think later”, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon.

Discover

Gabriel Byrne

Samuel Beckett

Aidan Gillen

James Joyce

Fionn O'Shea

Young Samuel

Maxine Peake

Barbara

Bronagh Gallagher

Nora Barnacle

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

May Beckett

Caroline Boulton

Sylvia Beach

Gráinne Good

Lucia Joyce

Cillian Hollywood

5 year old Samuel

Léonie Lojkine

Younger Suzanne

Barry O'Connor

William Beckett

Caleb Johnston-Miller

10 year old Samuel

Robert Aramayo

Alfred Peron

Laurent Winkler

King Gustav

Jenni Bowden

Woman 2

Ildikó Hidasi

Lady with dog

Dávid Mester

Resistance member #3 (uncredited)

Art

Orosz Tamás

Set Dresser

Maya Angelus

Standby Art Director

Damien Creagh

Production Design

Camera

Antonio Paladino

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Réka Görgényi

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Nóra Koltai

Makeup Designer

Attila Végh

Hair Designer

Directing

James Marsh

Director

Laura Mihartescu

First Assistant Director

Jessica Anna Camacho

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Paul Ashton

Executive Producer

Tom Thostrup

Producer

Fabien Westerhoff

Executive Producer

Brigitta Karádi

Unit Manager

Adam Heisler

Production Manager

Olivia Scott-Webb

Casting Director

Writing

Neil Forsyth

Screenplay

Art

Orosz Tamás

Set Dresser

Maya Angelus

Standby Art Director

Damien Creagh

Production Design

Camera

Antonio Paladino

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Réka Görgényi

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Nóra Koltai

Makeup Designer

Attila Végh

Hair Designer

Directing

James Marsh

Director

Laura Mihartescu

First Assistant Director

Jessica Anna Camacho

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Paul Ashton

Executive Producer

Tom Thostrup

Producer

Fabien Westerhoff

Executive Producer

Brigitta Karádi

Unit Manager

Adam Heisler

Production Manager

Olivia Scott-Webb

Casting Director

Writing

Neil Forsyth

Screenplay