Directed by:
Francis LawrenceScreenplay:
Richard LaGraveneseCinematography:
Rodrigo PrietoComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook, James Frain, Paul Schneider, Dan Lauria, Ken Foree, Tim Guinee, Ashley Palmer (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
As a young man, Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson) was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob (Holbrook), now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, (Witherspoon) the beautiful equestrian star married to August (Waltz), the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant and the only hope for this third-rate traveling show. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sarah Karjian](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/633/158633946_81dee8.jpg)
Sarah Karjian
USA
Best movies:
Water for Elephants (2011)
Spread (2009)
Age of Tomorrow (2014)
James Keane
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Falling Down (1993)
Tracy Phillips
Best movies:
Clerks II (2006)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Jackass: Number Two (2006)
![Jacob Bertrand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/003/169003434_ganlgl.jpg)
Jacob Bertrand
USA
Best movies:
Ready Player One (2018)
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Water for Elephants (2011)
Uggie
USA
Best movies:
The Artist (2011)
Water for Elephants (2011)
Wassup Rockers (2005)
![Jim Norton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/291/160291221_776b91.gif)
Jim Norton
Ireland
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Stephen Monroe Taylor
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Amigo (2010)
Unstoppable (2010)
Aleksandra Kaniak
Poland
Best movies:
Water for Elephants (2011)
Three of Hearts (1993)
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994) (TV movie)
Vladimir Sizov
Best movies:
Jack Reacher (2012)
Water for Elephants (2011)
![Scott MacDonald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/896/160896458_7b8d7f.jpg)
Scott MacDonald
Best movies:
Jarhead (2005)
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999) (TV movie)
Water for Elephants (2011)
![Ilia Volok](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/111/160111720_7a6b07.jpg)
Ilia Volok
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
U Turn (1997)
Fail Safe (2000) (TV movie)
Donna W. Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Deja Vu (2006)
Melissa Johnston
Canada
Best movies:
Water for Elephants (2011)
Barely Legal (2011)
Natalie Victoria
Best movies:
Sons of Liberty (2015) (series)
Water for Elephants (2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
![Ivo Nandi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/781/161781402_87bcb0.jpg)
Ivo Nandi
Best movies:
Seven Pounds (2008)
Water for Elephants (2011)
Creed II (2018)
Jim Jansen
USA
Best movies:
Tootsie (1982)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
The Birdcage (1996)
Karynn Moore
USA
Best movies:
Water for Elephants (2011)
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV movie)
Stolen (2018) (TV movie)
Christopher Karl Johnson
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Star Trek (2009)
Larry Gomez
Mexico
Best movies:
Water for Elephants (2011)
Freakshow (2007)
Chris Blim
Best movies:
Water for Elephants (2011)
Were the World Mine (2008)