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Charlotte Rampling was born in 1946 in Essex, UK. She is best known for her sexually provocative roles including her portrayal of a concentration camp survivor who engages in a sadomasochistic relationship with her Nazi torturer in the 'The Night Porter' (1974). Rampling has appeared in several English language, French and Italian films. In 2001 she was made an OBE and received France's Legion of Honour in 2002.

Jérémie Renier was born in 1981 in Brussels, Belgium. He made his film debut with the critically acclaimed 'La Promesse' (1996), directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. He has subsequently collaborated on many of the Dardenne brothers films such as 'The Child' (2005) and 'The Kid with a Bike' (2011). He became better known to international audiences for his roles in 'Atonement' (2007) and 'In Bruges' (2008).

Sam Riley was born in 1980 in Leeds. He is best known for the role of Ian Curtis in 'Control' (2007), in which he plays the lead signer of the 1970s band Joy Division, and for which he won a selection of awards including the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer and a BAFTA nomination. In 2012, he starred in Walter Salles' adaptation of 'On the Road', opposite Kristen Stewart.

Géza Röhrig plays the lead role in 'Son of Saul' by László Nemes, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2016. Röhrig was born in Budapest, 1967. Kicked out of high school at 16 for anticommunist activity, he founded an underground punk band, Huckrebelly, which always played under different names to keep the police from stopping their concerts. In '87 he moved to Kraków to study Polish Literature at the Jagiellonian University. In '89 he started studying at the Hungarian University of Drama and Film, and played the lead role in two Hungarian movies - 'Armelle' by András Sólyom in 1988 and 'Eszmélet' by József Madaras in 1989. Nemes was unaware of his previous acting experience when he approached him about the role in 'Son of Saul'. In the early 90s Röhrig lived in Jerusalem, then spent two years studying at a hasidic yeshiva in Brooklyn. Soon after, he published his first book of poems. He has lived in New York since 2000. He graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York and started to teach. Röhrig has published seven volumes of poetry and one short story collection. He’s currently working on his first novel.