The Pale Blue Eye

Feature Film | 2021-2022 | Netflix | Period, Thriller, Whodunit | USA

Main data

Director	Scott Cooper
Written by	Scott Cooper, Louis Bayard (literary source)
Production	Cross Creek Pictures [us], Le Grisbi Productions [us]
Distributor	24 Bilder Film GmbH [de], Netflix

Project data

Length of movie	2h 8min

Trailers/Videos

Youtube (German)

Posters

Brief synopsis

A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Christian Bale	Augustus Landor [L]
Harry Melling	Edgar Allan Poe [L]
Gillian Anderson	Julia Marquis [L]
Lucy Boynton	Lea Marquis [L]

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Director of photography	Masanobu Takayanagi
Casting director	Francine Maisler
Director	Scott Cooper
Editor	Dylan Tichenor
Composer	Howard Shore
Screenwriter	Scott Cooper
Literary source	Louis Bayard

Production companies

Company	Comment
Cross Creek Pictures [us]
Le Grisbi Productions [us]

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
24 Bilder Film GmbH [de] Germany (limited theatrical release, 2 weeks)	Germany (limited theatrical release, 2 weeks)
Netflix Limited Theatrical Release	Limited Theatrical Release

TV-broadcast

Type	Country	Station	Date / Time	Comment
First showing	USA	Netflix	Friday, 06/01/2023	Worldwide

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 22/12/2022	Limited Release

Crew United