History Drama
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.
Directed by
James Marsh
Aidan Gillen
James Joyce
Gabriel Byrne
Samuel Beckett
Maxine Peake
Barbara
Sandrine Bonnaire
Suzanne
Robert Aramayo
Alfred Peron
Barry O'Connor
William Beckett
Caroline Boulton
Sylvia Beach
Bronagh Gallagher
Nora Barnacle
Fionn O'Shea
Young Samuel
Lisa Dwyer Hogg
May Beckett
Rebecka Johnston
Woman 1
Gráinne Good
Lucia Joyce
Caleb Johnston-Miller
10 year old Samuel
Francis McBurney
M
Laurent Winkler
King Gustav
Andrew Hefler
Leon
Júlia Szász
Mania
Cillian Hollywood
5 year old Samuel
Patrik Piró
Adam
Léonie Lojkine
Younger Suzanne
Szabolcs Kelemen
Prudent
Jenni Bowden
Woman 2
László Aranyossy
Priest
Ildikó Hidasi
Lady with dog
Dávid Mester
Resistance member #3 (uncredited)

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