Full trailer released for Sky Original film LEE starring Kate Winslet
Full trailer released for Sky Original film LEE starring Kate Winslet
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- LEE will premiere in UK & Irish cinemas from 13 September 2024
- The upcoming Sky Original film, starring Academy Award Winner Kate Winslet as American photographer Lee Miller.
- In this powerful new trailer, we see Kate Winslet as one of the most important photographers of her time, Lee Miller, as she embarks onto the front line of World War II to capture some of the most significant wartime images for British Vogue. Despite the struggles of being a female correspondent, and the emotional toll of witnessing the atrocities of war, Lee is determined to do her part and document the truth.
- Audiences are given a glimpse at Andy Samberg playing Life Magazine photographer David E. Scherman; Alexander Skarsgård playing English Surrealist painter, photographer, poet and biographer Roland Penrose; Marion Cotillard playing Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s, and Andrea Riseborough playing British Vogue Editor Audrey Withers. Josh O’Connor also stars in the film playing Tony, a young journalist.
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Synopsis: Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price.
LEE is the directorial debut from acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras.
Joining Winslet is Andy Samberg playing Life Magazine photographer David E. Scherman; Alexander Skarsgård playing English Surrealist painter, photographer, poet and biographer Roland Penrose; Marion Cotillard playing Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s: Josh O’Connor playing Tony, a young journalist and Andrea Riseborough playing British Vogue Editor Audrey Withers.
Additional cast members include Noemie Merlant (Tar, The Portrait of a Lady on Fire) playing Nusch Eluard; Arinzé Kene (Been So Long, Misty) playing Major Jonesy; Vincent Colombe (Revenge) playing Paul Eluard, Patrick Mille (Bad Girl) playing Jean D’Ayen; Samuel Barnett (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) playing Cecil Beaton and Zita Hanrot (Paul Sanchez Is Back!) playing Ady Fidelin.
The multi-award-winning creative team includes Director of Photography, Pawel Edelman (The Pianist, Ray), Production Designer, Gemma Jackson (Aladdin, The Gentlemen), Costume Designer, Michael O'Connor (Jane Eyre, The Duchess), Hair and Make-up Designer, Ivana Primorac (Darkest Hour, The Crown,) and Music composed and conducted by two-time Academy Award winning composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel). Lee is written by Liz Hannah, Lem Dobbs, John Collee and Marion Hume and is based on "The Lives of Lee Miller" by Antony Penrose who serves as a consultant to the production.
Produced by Kate Solomon and Kate Winslet, with Troy Lum, Andrew Mason, Marie Savare and Lauren Hantz. Executive Producers are Julia Stuart and Laura Grange, Finola Dwyer, Thorsten Schumacher, Billy Mulligan, John Hantz, Jason Duan, Crystine Zhang, Lem Dobbs, Liz Hannah, John Collee and Clare Hardwick.
