ABOUT THE CAST
Dan Stevens (Tom)
Dan Stevens most recently starred in Netflix’s hit comedy EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA alongside Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. His performance as Russian pop star Alexander Lemtov became an immediate audience and critic favorite. He also starred in Dave Franco’s feature directorial debut, THE RENTAL, which opened to number one at the box office, and BLITHE SPIRIT, an adaptation of Noel Coward’s classic comedy, with Judi Dench, Isla Fisher and Leslie Mann.
His previous film projects include Noah Hawley’s feature directorial debut LUCY IN THE SKY, Disney’s CALL OF THE WILD alongside Harrison Ford, HER SMELL, a punk rock picture starring Elisabeth Moss, and Disney’s smash hit live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST where he played The Beast alongside Emma Watson’s Belle. Dan also starred as Charles Dickens in THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, in the romantic comedy PERMISSION opposite Rebecca Hall, in the cult hit THE GUEST, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM III, A WALK AMONGST THE TOMBSTONES, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, COLOSSAL, APOSTLE and THE TICKET.
Dan previously starred in Hawley’s highly acclaimed Marvel series LEGION, which wrapped its third and final season on FX in August of 2019. Stevens’ other television credits include the Golden Globe-winning drama DOWNTON ABBEY, HBO’s HIGH MAINTENANCE, SENSE & SENSIBILITY, THE LINE OF BEAUTY, FRANKENSTEIN, as well as roles in the TV movies MAXWELL and DRACULA.
Stevens’ theatre credits include THE HEIRESS on Broadway, ARCADIA, THE VORTEX and HAYFEVER in the West End, and EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR at The National Theatre in London.
Maren Eggert (Alma)
Maren Eggert was born 1974 in Hamburg and studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. She spent 1998–2000 at an engagement at the Schauspielhaus Bochum with Leander Haussmann, and from 2000–2009 was a member of the ensemble at the Thalia Theater Hamburg. In 2002 she received the Boy Gobert Prize of the Körber Foundation, in 2007 the Ulrich Wildgruber Prize, and in 2008, together with Matthias Brandt, the Critics Prize for the film DIE FRAU AM ENDE DER STRASSE (directed by Claudia Garde). At the Berlinale 2019, I WAS AT HOME, BUT… received the Silver Bear for Best Director. Since 2009 she has been engaged at the Deutsches Theater Berlin. In addition, she is regularly seen on TV and on screen. Additional acting credits include THE EXPERIMENT (2000), MARSEILLE (2003), ORLY (2009), A DECENT MAN (2014), THE DREAMED PATH (2015), I WAS AT HOME, BUT… (2017/18), and TATORT KIEL (2003–2009).
Sandra Hüller (Employee)
Sandra Hüller studied acting at the renowned Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. She has received numerous awards for her roles in the theater, and she has been voted Actress of the Year three times (2010, 2013, and 2019) in the critics’ survey of Theater heute. Since 2018, Hüller has been a member of the ensemble at the Schauspielhaus Bochum.