"A man's reach should exceed his grasp... or what's a heaven for?"

2017

2h 21m

6.4(2972 votes)

Adventure

Drama

History

Overview

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

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Cast & Crew

44 members

Acting

Charlie Hunnam

Percival Fawcett

Acting

Robert Pattinson

Henry Costin

Acting

Sienna Miller

Nina Fawcett

Acting

Tom Holland

Jack Fawcett

Acting

Angus Macfadyen

James Murray

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Edward Ashley

Arthur Manley

Acting

Clive Francis

Sir John Scott Keltie

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Ian McDiarmid

Sir George Goldie

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Franco Nero

Baron de Gondoriz

Acting

Matthew Sunderland

Dan

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Johann Myers

Willis

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Daniel Huttlestone

Brian Fawcett (15 Yr Old)

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Harry Melling

William Barclay

Acting

Pedro Coello

Tadjui

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Aleksandar Jovanović

Urquhart

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Елена Соловей

Madame Kumel

Acting

Bobby Smalldridge

Jack Fawcett (7 Yr Old)

Acting

Tom Mulheron

Jack Fawcett (3 Yr Old)

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Nathaniel Bates Fisher

Brian Fawcett (7 Yr Old)

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Murray Melvin

Lord James Bernard

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Michael Jenn

Brigd-General Sidney Thornton

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Michael Ford-FitzGerald

Hunt Leader

Acting

Frank Clem

Texas Gunman

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Bethan Coomber

Joan Fawcett (7 Yr Old)

Acting

David Calder

Secretary Bryce

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Stacy Shane

American Reporter

Acting

Pat Mooney

Random Scientist 3

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Colin Carnegie

Random Scientist 2

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Anthony Boyle

Trench Runner

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Neil Bromley

Reporter 3

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Bill Hurst

Reporter 1

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Richard Croxford

Officer Thomas Busby

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Louise Parker

Random Woman

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Jose Pereira

Chief Guarayo

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Gustavo Duque

Crew Member

Acting

Fernando Vigui

Diminutive Latino Man

Acting

Nicholas Agnew

John Coundley

Acting

Robert Fawsitt

Random Man at Port

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Directing

Patrick McBrearty

Whipping Officer

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Acting

Gary Crossan

Waiter @ Savage Club

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Niall Cusack

Random Scientist

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Nick Sampson

Doctor

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Ruairí Heading

Other Soldier

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David Coon

Random Scientist 4

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