Film

The Childhood of a Leader

2016 · 1h 56m · Drama

Witness the birth of a terrifying ego.

IMDb

6.2

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Metacritic

68

The chilling story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mold his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego.

Bérénice Bejo

The Mother

Liam Cunningham

The Father

Stacy Martin

Adelaide / The Teacher

Yolande Moreau

The Maid

Jacques Boudet

The Priest

Robert Pattinson

Charles Marker / The Leader

Tom Sweet

Prescott, the Boy

Sophie Lane Curtis

Laura

Rebecca Dayan

Edith

Michael Epp

Economist

Pető Kata

Housemaid

Mark Phelan

Mr. Advisor

Jeremy Wheeler

Mr. Deputy

Andrew Osterreicher

Mr. Secretary

Scott Alexander Young

Counselor

Roderick Hill

Older American Gentleman

• Brady CorbetDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Mona FastvoldScreenplay · Producer
• Jean-Paul SartreStory
• Chris CoenProducer
• Helena DanielssonProducer
• Antoine de Clermont-TonnerreProducer
• István MajorProducer
• Ron CurtisProducer
• Brian YoungExecutive Producer
• Jason ClothExecutive Producer

Official UK TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

May 13, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

NR

Budget

$3,000,000

Genres

Drama

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