Top Billed Cast

Nicole Kidman
Marisa Coulter
Daniel Craig
Lord Asriel
Dakota Blue Richards
Lyra Belacqua
Ben Walker
Roger Parslow
Freddie Highmore
Pantalaimon (voice)
Ian McKellen
Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Eva Green
Serafina Pekkala
Jim Carter
John Faa
Tom Courtenay
Farder Coram
Ian McShane
Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
Sam Elliott
Lee Scoresby
Christopher Lee
First High Councilor
Kristin Scott Thomas
Stelmania (voice)
Edward de Souza
Second High Councilor
Kathy Bates
Hester (voice)
Simon McBurney
Fra Pavel
Jack Shepherd
Master
Magda Szubanski
Mrs. Lonsdale
Derek Jacobi
Magisterial Emissary
Clare Higgins
Ma Coster
Charlie Rowe
Billy Costa
Steven Loton
Tony Costa
Michael Antoniou
Kerim Costa
Mark Mottram
Jaxer Costa
Paul Antony-Barber
Bolvangar Doctor
Jason Watkins
Bolvangar Official
Jody Halse
Bolvangar Orderly
Hattie Morahan
Sister Clara
John Bett
Thorold
John Franklyn-Robbins
Librarian
Jonathan Laury
Younger Fellow
Tommy Luther
Jacob Huismans / Daemon Puppeteer
James Rawlings
Passing Scholar
Joao de Sousa
Hunt
Habib Nasib Nader
Ragnar
Theo Fraser Steele
Magisterial Officer
Bill Hurst
Police Captain
Elliot Cowan
Commanding Officer
Sam Hoare
Second in Command
Thomas Arnold
Gobbler
David Garrick
Gobbler
Brian Nickels
Gobbler
Gary Kane
Gobbler
Alfred Harmsworth
Gyptian Kid
Charles Evanson
Gyptian Chief
Patrick Cleary
Gyptian Chief
Tarek Khalil
Gyptian Chief
Madrios Ohannessian
Gyptian Chief
Sandra Wolfe
Gyptian Chief
Hewson Osbourne
Fellow
Albert Kenrick
Fellow
John Cartier
Fellow
Chris Abbott
Fellow
Alexander Mercury
Tartar Officer
David Forman
Samoyed Kidnapper
Spencer Wilding
Giant Gyptian (uncredited)
Caridad Angus
Witch (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Nov 17 2022

Philip Pullman novels are always dark and intricate - and they don't necessarily make a great deal of sense in isolation - so adapting them for the screen was likely to be a tough ask. This story centres around the young "Lyra" (Dakota Blue Richards) who overhears some sinister plotting by the "Magisterium" that could put the lives of other children - and the demons with whom they are connected - in dire jeopardy. Determined to thwart this, she heads to the frozen Arctic where she encounters "Scoresby" (Sam Elliott) and helps the dispossessed king of the polar bears "Iorek Byrnison" to reclaim ...