Directed by:
Kenneth BranaghScreenplay:
Chris WeitzCinematography:
Haris ZambarloukosComposer:
Patrick DoyleCast:
Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Nonso Anozie, Stellan Skarsgård, Sophie McShera, Holliday Grainger, Derek Jacobi (more)Plots(1)
The story of "Cinderella" follows the fortunes of young Ella (Lily James) whose merchant father remarries following the death of her mother. Eager to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her daughters Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) and Drisella (Sophie McShera) into the family home. But, when Ella's father unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family. Finally relegated to nothing more than a servant girl covered in ashes, and spitefully renamed Cinderella, Ella could easily begin to lose hope. Yet, despite the cruelty inflicted upon her, Ella is determined to honor her mother's dying words and to "have courage and be kind." She will not give in to despair nor despise those who mistreat her. And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. Unaware that he is really a prince, not merely an apprentice at the Palace, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul. It appears her fortunes may be about to change when the Palace sends out an open invitation for all maidens to attend a ball, raising Ella's hopes of once again encountering the charming Kit (Richard Madden). Alas, her stepmother forbids her to attend and callously rips apart her dress. But, as in all good fairy tales, help is at hand, and a kindly beggar woman (Helena Bonham-Carter) steps forward and – armed with a pumpkin and a few mice – changes Cinderella's life forever. (Walt Disney US)
(more)Cast
Lily James
UK
Best movies:
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (theatrical recording)
Guerre et paix (2016) (series)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Richard Madden
UK
Best movies:
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (theatrical recording)
1917 (2019)
Birdsong (2012) (TV movie)
Cate Blanchett
Australia
Best movies:
Helena Bonham Carter
UK
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The King's Speech (2010)
One Life (2023)
Nonso Anozie
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV movie)
RocknRolla (2008)
Stellan Skarsgård
Sweden
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Le Destin de Will Hunting (1997)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Sophie McShera
UK
Best movies:
Murdered for Being Different (2017) (TV movie)
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Downton Abbey (2019)
Holliday Grainger
UK
Best movies:
Jane Eyre (2011)
Sparkhouse (2002) (TV movie)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Derek Jacobi
UK
Best movies:
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (theatrical recording)
Gladiator (2000)
The King's Speech (2010)
Ben Chaplin
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Little Boy (2015)
Hayley Atwell
UK
Best movies:
Rob Brydon
UK
Best movies:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Alex MacQueen
UK
Best movies:
E=mc² (2005) (TV movie)
Four Lions (2010)
Cinderella (2015)
Eloise Webb
Best movies:
Cinderella (2015)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
The Scapegoat (2012)
Michael Jenn
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Unleashed (2005)
Andrew Fitch
Best movies:
Cinderella (2015)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
The Children's Party at the Palace (2006) (TV movie)
Edward Lewis French
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2012)
Cinderella (2015)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Jd Roth-round
UK
Best movies:
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Julian Seager
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
World War Z (2013)
Leila Wong
UK
Best movies:
Cinderella (2015)
Lilting (2014)
Man Up (2015)