The Reckoning
2004In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors now stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover a mystery.
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Paul Bettany
as Nicholas
Willem Dafoe
as Martin
Tom Hardy
as Straw
Brian Cox
as Tobias
Simon McBurney
as Stephen
Luke de Woolfson
as Daniel
Gina McKee
as Sarah
Vincent Cassel
as Lord De Guise
Ewen Bremner
as Simon Damian
Mark Benton
as Sheriff
Elvira Mínguez
as Martha
Stuart Wells
as Springer
Hamish McColl
as Innkeeper
Matthew Macfadyen
as King’s Justice
Marián Aguilera
as Nicholas’ lover
Trevor Steedman
as The cuckold husband
Richard Durden
as Town Justice
Julian Barratt
as Gravedigger
Simon Pegg
as Gaoler
James Cosmo
as Lambert
Tom Georgeson
as Flint
Heathcote Williams
as Undertaker