"There are worlds beyond our own. The compass will show the way."

2007

1h 53m

6.1(4670 votes)

Adventure

Fantasy

Overview

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

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60 members

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Nicole Kidman

Marisa Coulter

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Daniel Craig

Lord Asriel

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Dakota Blue Richards

Lyra Belacqua

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Ben Walker

Roger Parslow

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Freddie Highmore

Pantalaimon (voice)

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Ian McKellen

Iorek Byrnison (voice)

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Eva Green

Serafina Pekkala

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Jim Carter

John Faa

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Tom Courtenay

Farder Coram

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Ian McShane

Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)

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Sam Elliott

Lee Scoresby

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Christopher Lee

First High Councilor

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Kristin Scott Thomas

Stelmania (voice)

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Edward de Souza

Second High Councilor

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Kathy Bates

Hester (voice)

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Simon McBurney

Fra Pavel

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Jack Shepherd

Master

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Magda Szubanski

Mrs. Lonsdale

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Derek Jacobi

Magisterial Emissary

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Clare Higgins

Ma Coster

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Charlie Rowe

Billy Costa

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Steven Loton

Tony Costa

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Michael Antoniou

Kerim Costa

Crew

Mark Mottram

Jaxer Costa

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Paul Antony-Barber

Bolvangar Doctor

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Jason Watkins

Bolvangar Official

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Jody Halse

Bolvangar Orderly

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Hattie Morahan

Sister Clara

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John Bett

Thorold

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John Franklyn-Robbins

Librarian

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Jonathan Laury

Younger Fellow

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Tommy Luther

Jacob Huismans / Daemon Puppeteer

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James Rawlings

Passing Scholar

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Joao de Sousa

Hunt

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Habib Nasib Nader

Ragnar

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Theo Fraser Steele

Magisterial Officer

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Bill Hurst

Police Captain

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Elliot Cowan

Commanding Officer

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Sam Hoare

Second in Command

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Thomas Arnold

Gobbler

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David Garrick

Gobbler

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Brian Nickels

Gobbler

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Gary Kane

Gobbler

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Alfred Harmsworth

Gyptian Kid

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Charles Evanson

Gyptian Chief

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Patrick Cleary

Gyptian Chief

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Tarek Khalil

Gyptian Chief

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Madrios Ohannessian

Gyptian Chief

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Sandra Wolfe

Gyptian Chief

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Hewson Osbourne

Fellow

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Albert Kenrick

Fellow

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Camera

John Cartier

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Chris Abbott

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Alexander Terentyev

Tartar Officer

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David Forman

Samoyed Kidnapper

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Spencer Wilding

Giant Gyptian (uncredited)

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Caridad Angus

Witch (uncredited)

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Alexander Terentyev

Tartar Official

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John Snowden

Trollesund Fishmonger

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Kevin Hudson

Tartar Guard (uncredited)

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