Cloud Atlas

2012 PG-13 2h 52m

6.9 /10

7.4K

Genre

Drama Science Fiction

Plot

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

Director

Lilly Wachowski

Writers

David Mitchell Lana Wachowski Tom Tykwer

Stars

Tom Hanks Halle Berry Jim Broadbent

Cast & Crew

Tom Hanks

Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry

Halle Berry

Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym

Jim Broadbent

Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

Hugo Weaving

Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie

Jim Sturgess

Adam Ewing / Poor Hotel Guest / Megan's Dad / Highlander / Hae-Joo Chang / Adam / Zachry Brother-in-Law

Bae Doona

Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute

Ben Whishaw

Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman

James D'Arcy

Young Rufus Sixsmith / Old Rufus Sixsmith / Nurse James / Archivist

Zhou Xun

Talbot / Hotel Manager / Yoona-939 / Rose

Keith David

Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient

Susan Sarandon

Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess

Hugh Grant

Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief

David Gyasi

Autua / Lester Rey / Duophsyte

Robert Fyfe

Old Salty Dog / Mr. Meeks / Prescient 1

Martin Wuttke

Mr. Boerhaave / Guard / Leary the Healer

Robin Morrissey

Young Cavendish

Brody Nicholas Lee

Javier Gomez / Jonas / Zachry's Older Nephew

Little Girl with Orison at Papa Song's / Catkin / Zachry Relative

Götz Otto

Groundsman Withers

Niall Greig Fulton

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Mozza Hoggins

Louis Dempsey

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Jarvis Hoggins

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Martin Docherty

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Eddie Hoggins

Alistair Petrie

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Musician / Felix Finch / Lascivious Businessman

Zhu Zhu

Megan Sixsmith / 12th Star Clone

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest / Nurse Judd / Aide in Slaughtership

Ursula's Granddaughter

Ursula's Mother / Herbalist

Anna Holmes

Scientist / Executive

Moore's Accountant / Finch's Friend (uncredited)

User Reviews

dancinglightning

23 Aug 2025

The true legacy of the Wachowskis, so close to pulling off the impossible that it is not wholly understandable in one viewing. The central theme is...

vlad.mihalca

13 Jan 2022

A not-easy-to-follow film, we are presented with sub-plots from several times and places, both past and future - in which the same characters seem to ...

travisbell

7.5

13 Aug 2013

Cloud Atlas was a very well made movie but unlike a lot of movies that try to tell simultaneous stories and then have them come together at the end, t...

tanty

13 May 2013

Interesting film with an exceptional cast, fantastic performances and characterizations. The story, though, is a bit difficult to follow and, in the e...