Project Detail

Eastern Promises

Name: Eastern Promises
Director: David Cronenberg
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: 100 mins

Synopsis

A thriller reteaming A History of Violence director David Cronenberg and leading man Viggo Mortensen, and written by Steve Knight. The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London’s most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. Several lives – including Nikolai's own – hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Running time: 100 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: David Cronenberg
Producer: Paul Webster, Robert Lantos
Screenwriter: Steve Knight
Director of Photography: Peter Suschitzky
Principal cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl

Genre

Action Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Kudos Film and TV Ltd

12-14 Amwell Street
London EC1R 1UQ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7812 3270

info@kudosfilmandtv.com

Visit Website

www.kudosproductions.co.uk

Sales Company

Focus Features International

Oxford House
4th Floor
76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS
UK

T +44 (0)20 7307 5591

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