In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.
Acting
Haley Lu Richardson IS Louise Brooks—magnetic, maddening, unforgettable.
Costume
Those flapper dresses will make you furious about modern fashion.
Production
Period detail so precise you can smell the bootleg gin.
Director
Michael Engler
Elizabeth McGovern
Norma
Haley Lu Richardson
Louise Brooks
Géza Röhrig
Joseph
Victoria Hill
Myra Brooks
Campbell Scott
Alan Carlisle
Blythe Danner
Mary O'Dell
Andrew Burnap
Floyd
Miranda Otto
Ruth St. Dennis
Robert Fairchild
Ted Shawn
Matt McGrath
Raymond
Jayne Houdyshell
Sister Delores
Meg Heus
Nun
Robert Ray Manning Jr.
Man #1
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Louise Brooks became a silent film legend then a recluse; this film sparked renewed interest in her actual movies.
Elizabeth McGovern fought for this role for years after narrating the Brooks documentary—she basically willed this movie into existence.
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