On screen
Cast
430 credited performers
Samantha Colley
Dora Maar
Johnny Flynn
Alain Cuny
Michael McElhatton
Philipp Lenard
Geoffrey Rush
Albert Einstein
Antonio Banderas
Pablo Picasso
Clémence Poésy
Françoise Gilot
Alex Rich
Pablo Picasso
Emily Watson
Elsa Einstein
Ralph Brown
Max Planck
Richard Topol
Fritz Haber
Seth Gabel
Guillaume Apollinaire
T. R. Knight
J. Edgar Hoover
Aaron Pierre
Malcolm X
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Cynthia Erivo
Aretha Franklin
Jayme Lawson
Betty Shabazz
Weruche Opia
Coretta Scott King
Gary Carr
Clyde X
Malcolm Barrett
Ted White
Hubert Point-Du Jour
Ralph Abernathy
Ron Cephas Jones
Elijah Muhammad
Patrice Covington
Erma Franklin
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Carolyn Franklin
David Cross
Jerry Wexler
Kimberly Hébert Gregory
Ruth Bowen
Shaian Jordan
young Aretha 'Little Re' Franklin
Courtney B. Vance
C.L. Franklin
Pauletta Washington
Rachel Franklin
Bruno Paviot
Marcel
Steven G. Norfleet
Cecil Franklin
Lucy Russell
Madeleine Renoult-Gilot
Aisling Franciosi
Fernande Olivier
Sasha Compère
Juanita Abernathy
Jon Fletcher
Marcel Grossmann
Stéphane Caillard
Geneviève Aliquot
Sebastian Roché
Emile Gilot
Poppy Delevingne
Marie-Thérèse Walter
Aubriana Davis
Erma Franklin
Sydney Hunter
Carolyn Franklin
Antonique Smith
Barbara Franklin
Lennie James
Martin Luther King Sr.
Alicia von Rittberg
Anna Winteler
Catherine McCormack
Marija Ruzic-Marić
Claire Rushbrook
Pauline Einstein
Sally Dexter
Mileva Marić
Adrian Schiller
Jaime Sabartés
Robert Sheehan
Carlos Casagemas
Lucas Englander
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
Marque Richardson
King Curtis
Braelyn Rankins
Clarence Franklin
Tyler Richardson
Edward Franklin
Tina Fears
Clara Ward
Drake Strickland
Cecil Franklin
T.I.
Ken Cunningham
LisaGay Hamilton
Alberta Williams King
Quentin Plair
Grant X
Helen Monks
Maja Einstein
Alistair Petrie
Heinrich Weber
Shannon Tarbet
Marie Winteler
Nicholas Rowe
Jost Winteler
Predrag Bjelac
Milos Marić
George Webster
Julius Winteler
Gwendolyn Ellis
Elsa Einstein
Lily Dodsworth-Evans
Ilse Löwenthal
Henry Goodman
Walther Rathenau
David Dencik
Niels Bohr
Ed Stoppard
Paul Éluard
Tracee Chimo
Gertrude Stein
Kerr Logan
Georges Braque
Simon Buret
Jean Cocteau
Andrew Buchan
Henri Matisse
María José Bavio
María Picasso y López
Sofya Doniants
Olga Picasso
Jerren Jackson
Teddy Richards
Willie Repoley
Tom Dowd
Ashley Romans
Ella Little-Collins
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Robert Byrd
Donal Logue
Strom Thurmond
Griffin Matthews
Bayard Rustin
Elle Lorraine
Grace
Zuri James
Ronald Stokes
Carter Ace
MLK III
Anna Savva
Suzanne Ramié
Taylor Frost
Paul Winteler
Joshua Hogan
Mathias Winteler
Lucy Chappell
Rosa Winteler
Benjamin Haigh
Fred Winteler
Robert Lindsay
Hermann Einstein
Tim Dutton
Headmaster Loncar
Klára Issová
Marie Curie
Gregory Gudgeon
Professor Minkowski
Zoe Telford
Clara Haber
Silvina Buchbauer
Katharina Lenard
Edan Hayhurst
Hans Albert Einstein
Eugene Simon
Eduard Einstein
Charity Wakefield
Betty
Vincent Kartheiser
Raymond Geist
Thomas Morris
Ernst
Dag Malmberg
Svante Arrhenius
Jolyon Coy
Max Laue
Zita Téby
Older Ilse Einstein
Jodhi May
Helen Dukas
Nikola Đuričko
Leo Szilard
Joshua Akehurst
Hans Albert Einstein
Isaac Rouse
Emile
Nancy Crane
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jordi Mollà
Salvador Ruiz
Charlie Carrick
Manuel Pallarès
James Garnon
Ambroise Vollard
Alex Hassell
Manach
Emma Appleton
Germaine
Edward Akrout
Laurent Debienne
Keith Allen
Sagot
Catherine Hubeau
Grandma Renoult
Iddo Goldberg
Leo Stein
Jack Brett Anderson
Géry Pieret
Will Keen
Paul Rosenberg
Margaux Chatelier
Geneviève Laporte
Tom Cullen
Luc Simon
Valentina Bellè
Jacqueline Roque
Eileen O'Higgins
Eva Gouel
Athena Strates
Maya Picasso
Zachary Fall
Paulo Picasso
Nicolas Carpentier
Maitre De Sariac
Simon Kunz
Friedrich Haller
Chris Charm
Tom
Keith Arthur Bolden
Recording Studio Man
Omar J. Dorsey
James Cleveland
Luke James
Glynn Turman
MAJOR.
Curtis Mayfield
Christopher Redman
Clive Davis
Meelah
Backup Singer #1
Parisa Fitz-Henley
Louise Little
Freddie Fulton
Reginald Little
Mallori Johnson
Evelyn Williams
Emelia Kahiha
Yoki King
Karina Willis
Dorothy Cotton
Adam Cropper
John F. Kennedy
Chione Narcisse-Williams
7-Year Old Yoki King
Ja'Quan Monroe-Henderson
John Lewis
Jaxon James
5-Year Old MLK III
John C. McGinley
Lyndon B. Johnson
Amani Summer
Attallah Shabazz
Beau Gadsdon
Françoise Gilot
Bernice Stegers
Marie Cuttoli
Alessio Scalzotto
Pablo Picasso
Daisy May
Marie Laurencin
George Lenz
Captain Muller
Martin Umbach
Dr. Talmut
Nikki Hahn
Mileva Marić
Michael Culkin
Professor Pernet
Alexander Vlahos
Maurice Solovine
Tom Brittney
Conrad Habicht
Adrian Lukis
Wilhelm Röntgen
Lynsey Beauchamp
Anna Röntgen
Emily Laing
Helene Savic
Terrence Hardiman
Professor Griesel
Thomas Padden
Walther Nernst
Sue Maund
Frau Schnellham
Peter Hamilton Dyer
Frederic Ebersold
Corrado Invernizzi
Pierre Curie
Rod Hallett
Carl Jung
Nick Sampson
Professor Kleiner
Timothy Radford
Hans Albert Einstein
Peter Bramhill
Arnold Sommerfeld
Lisa Ray-Jacobs
Berta Fantova
Luke Allen-Gale
Erwin Freundlich
Radivoje Bukvić
Vladimir Varicak
Katharina Sporrer
Kate Hirschberg
Charleigh Bailey
Bertha Krupp
Nick Waring
Gustav Krupp
Johannes Franke
Tobias
Lochlann Ó Mearáin
Georg Nikolai
Adrian Edmondson
David Hilbert
Jack Fox
Paul Weyland
Edward Harrison
Arthur Eddington
Hugh Robb
Eduard Einstein
Eric Carte
Sir William Crookes
Peter Jacobson
Chaim Weizmann
Amy Huck
Eleanor
Adam Garcia
Moe Berg
Christian Rubeck
Werner Heisenberg
Ania Bukstein
Margarita Konenkova
Rob LaBelle
Henry Morgenthau
John Sackville
R. Davis Halliwell
Karel Dobrý
Mikhail Ivanushkin
Stephen Chance
Paul Scherrer
Mitchell Mullen
Franklin Roosevelt
Georg Nikoloff
Sergei Konenkov
Miles Richardson
Vannever Bush
Dixie Egerickx
Alice Edwards
Neal Huff
Robert Oppenheimer
Aidan McArdle
Thomas Harvey
Jasmin von der Born
Freida Einstein
Joshua Glenister
Bernhard Einstein
David Wilmot
José Ruiz y Blasco
Elena Martínez
Dolores
Max Befort
Nonell
Andreas Muñoz
Utrillo
Bronagh Gallagher
Berthe Weill
Lola Dubus
Antoinette
Horst-Günter Marx
Hans-Henning von Bose
Charlotte Weston
Angelika Kostrowicka
Timothy Renouf
Andre Beaudin
Sophia Aparecido-Innes
Raymonde
Tchéky Karyo
Henri Rousseau
Gerran Howell
Karl-Heinz Wiegels
Vladimir Consigny
Jacquemetton
Grégoire Oestermann
Soulie
Goran Kostić
Lvovich
Eugénie Derouand
Gaby Lespinasse
Joe Doyle
Pierre Daix
Cara Horgan
Alice B. Toklas
François Raison
Pol Gaillard
Mostéfa Stiti
Paul Cuttoli
Roger Wright
Paul Robeson
Laurent Le Doyen
Doctor Lamaze
Emmanuel Ménard
Doctor Benoit
Florian Hutter
Louis Marcoussis
Mikhail Gorevoy
Sergei Diaghilev
Violet Young
Maya
Alexander Devrient
King Alfonso XIII
Lauren Anthony
Queen Victoria
Rebecca Calder
Coco Chanel
Lisa Dwyer Hogg
Margot Rosenberg
Sarah Naudi
Emilienne
Vincent Londez
André Breton
Dimitri Leonidas
Kostas Axelos
Pascale Arbillot
Emilie-Marguerite Walter
Wallerand Denormandie
George
Emile Feltesse
Jean Renoir
Simon Hubbard
Bailiff
Luis Soto
Eugenio Arias
Florian Spitzer
Didier
Yorgos Karamihos
Paul Arrighi
Natacha Basset
Paloma Picasso
Stewart Alexander
Jacob Schur
Emmanuel Herault
Fenasse
Paul Lancaster
Dr. Bernal
Syd Lazzara
Anne
Bethany Adams
Flexner's Secretary
Issy Stewart
Female Agent #1
Robert Glasper
Art Tatum
Stacey Sargeant
Dinah Washington
Amanda Warren
Melba Parks
Steve Alderfer
Tommy Cogbill
Daniel Baldock
Roger Hawkins
LaKeta Booker
Charlece
Ryan Cameron
Pervis Spann
Tyler Colfer
Jimmy Johnson
Alex Collins
Rick Hall
Jermaine Dupri
Rodney Jones
Todd Allen Durkin
White Salesman
Darryl W. Handy
Church Patron
Justin Livingston
Jeff
Adam Rivette
Rob
Challedon Saltor
Marcia
Ryan Anthony Williams
Ken Laxton
Phil Armijo
Hudson Gate Bartender
Torrey Laamar
Ronnie
Shayla Love
Sister Birdy
Iman Marshall
Lena Horne
Malik McCall
Marshall
Clay Neal
Sister May
Otis Sallid
Cholly Atkins
Kevin Stillwell
John Hammond
Brian Troxell
Uncle Terry
Tywayne Wheatt
Brother Birdy
Tonya Reneé Banks
Sammie Bryant
Anthony Dalton
Nat
Ethan Henry
Martin Luther King
David Alexander
Doctor
Kendrick Cross
Herbert
Benim Foster
Alan Bachman
Glenn Magee
Charley Woodsley
Taylor Polidore
Darlene
Edwin Hodge
C.L. Franklin
Déjá Dee
Pam Walker
Jason Burkey
Time Reporter
Nilah Blasingame
Mildred Jennings
Nicci T. Carr
Gloria Stewart
Charline St. Charles
Cornelious Jennings
Curtis Jones
Henry
Zachariah Rogers
Abiyome
Mystie Smith
Josephine Carter
Michael Alban
Second Famous Producer
Chandra Lynn Alexander
Sister Helen
Jana Allen
Second Journalist
Kenny Banks Jr.
Billy Preston
Kameron Corvet
Cornell Dupree
Andrew Eakle
Studio Technician
Mario Fogg
Ray Lucas
Brittany Guess
Angela Davis
Dean Grimes
First Cop
Tommy Groth
Party Photographer
Lauren Halperin
First Journalist
Jason Elwood Hanna
William Christmas
Bobby James
James McClain
Philip Mallory
Chuck Rainey
Anderson Martin
Bailiff James Lane
Tim McAdams
Ruchell Magee
Paul E. Short
Harold Haley
Brett Solomano
Gary Thomas
Madison Turner
Jonathan Jackson
Brandon Gilliard
Chuck Rainey
Michael Hogan
Sydney Pollack
Leon Lamar
Cranky Old Timer
Ny'Jal Blair
Brother Edwin
Jannette Sepwa
Miss Lowery
Laurie Williamson
Sister Marian
John Atwood
E.N.T. Doctor
Henry Bazemore Jr.
First Aggressive Reporter
Brittney Level
Fredia
Christine Adams
Kate Walker
Michael Bolwaire
Big Frank
Tyler James
Ken Ehrlich
Arthur Kirk Martin
George Michael
Dana Woods
Little Norman
Alicia Roberts
Reporter
Sam Younis
Arif Mardin
Eric Colvin
Jakob Einstein
Rashal James
Man at Party
Richard Walsh
Minister
Billie Gadsdon
Paloma Age 4-6
Margaret Avery
Delia Linsey King
Joshua Caleb Johnson
Malcolm X
Jalyn Hall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Earl Little
Shane Paul McGhie
Sanford
Ryder Wynn
Martin Luther King Jr.
Danielle Jalade
Ella Little-Collins
Mason Lowery
Malcolm X
Marissa Chanel Hampton
Miss Brandley
Emily Grace Dunn
Bea
Ron Clinton Smith
Judge Carr
James Adam Tucker
Doctor
Keller Fornes
Princeton Debater
Dion Earl
W.T.
Ben Kacsandi
Andrews
David Shae
Cashier
Michael Raymond Fox
Bus Driver
Robert Solomon
Student
Chase Gutzmore
Coleman
Jarrod Beck
Guard
LaTricia Akhagbeme
Mary
Dustin Lewis
Mr. Ostrowski
Chioma Narcisse-Williams
Philbert X
Brody Jordan
Reginald Little
Hudson Meek
Arnold
Nathan Hesse
Daniels
Nevaeh Moore
Hilda Florice Little
Isaiah Gunn
A. D. King
Kal-El White
Wilfred X
Rachel Walters
Keela
Linda D Gaines
Church elder
Michael Howell
Maitre d'
Jeffrey Charles Morgan
Reporter #5
Kristian Lugo
Reporter #4
Eric Esquer
Reporter #3
Eric Mozley
Reporter #2
Robert McLeroy
Reporter #1
Cynthia D. Barker
Edythe
Stephen Jared
Music Director
Ken Colquitt
Mr. Wilson
Damon Rawlings
Pool Player
Eric Lee
Boston Deacon
Niviere Fontane
Detroit Deacon
Xavier Mills
Hinton
Millie Capellan
Jo Ann Robinson
Jay DeVon Johnson
E.D. Nixon
David Dwyer
Tacky Gayle
Moses Jones
Fred Gray
Charles Ambrose
Luther Ingalls
William Gregory Lee
Walter Arm
Jerry O'Donnell
Robert Magnum
Lee Spencer
John Sparkman
Derono Monte
Wendal
Danny Vinson
Chief Sellers
John Curran
British Journalist
Jatona King
Nurse
Euseph Messiah
Police Officer
Veanna Black
Woman Journalist
Keisha Tillis
Izola Curry
Vince Pisani
Stanley Levison
Richard David
Julian Bond
Jared Wofford
Louis Lomax
Erica Tazel
Ella Baker
Michael Hyatt
Helen Malloy
Idara Victor
Ollie Mae Sanders
Marliss Amiea
Bernice Scott
Kylee D. Allen
Betty Shabazz
Faith Bryant
Coretta Scott King
Princess Elmore
Jean
Britny Horton
Ruby Quinn
Carl Kennedy
Principal
Roxzane T. Mims
Teacher
Scott N. Stevens
Judge Mitchell
Nicc Varner
Morris Abram
Afemo Omilami
Philip Randolph
Al Mitchell
Roy Wilkins
Amethyst Davis
Essie Mae
A'Todd Williams
Essie Mae's Husband
Ernestine Johnson
Annie
Joe Ditmyer
NY Times Reporter
Matthew Swift
Reporter #1
Derick Kown
Reporter #2
Phil Biedron
Reporter #3
Matthew Montemaro
Reporter #4
Jared Simon
FBI Agent
Royal Skye Bihlear
Essie's Child
Jackie Earle Haley
J. Edgar Hoover
Kristyl Dawn Tift
Leona Turner
Jasmine Sargent
Woman
Jennifer Van Horn
Secretary
Gavin Peppers
NOI Member #1
Kaleb Mitchell
NOI Member #2
Gilbert Glenn Brown
Don Hogan Charles
Keith Holliday
Hosea Williams
Ryan Bernales
Presidential Aide
Anwar Ali
Andrew Young
Kael Copeland
MLK III
Donavan Darius
Jim Clark
Bossbaby Ky'Zen
Dexter King
Samuel Lee Fudge
Robert Walker
Marcus j Samuel
Echol Cole
Tracy Mazyck
FOI Guard
Cindy L. Jefferson
Caring Neighbor
Ryan Masher
Bruno
Norbert Hülm
German Man
Theodore Zammit
U.S. Soldier (uncredited)