Directed by David Cronenberg Written by Steven Knight Cast Josef Altin ... Ekrem Mina E. Mina ... Azim Aleksandar Mikic ... Soyka (as Aleksander Mikic) Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse ... Tatiana (as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse) Lalita Ahmed ... Customer Badi Uzzaman ... Chemist Naomi Watts ... Anna Doña Croll ... Nurse (as Dona Croll) Raza Jaffrey ... Doctor Aziz Sinéad Cusack ... Helen (as Sinead Cusack) Jerzy Skolimowski ... Stepan Tatiana Maslany ... Tatiana (voice) Viggo Mortensen ... Nikolai Vincent Cassel ... Kirill Armin Mueller-Stahl ... Semyon Shannon-Fleur Roux ... Maria Lillibet Langley ... Violin Girl Mia Soteriou ... Azim's Wife Radoslaw Kaim ... Head Waiter (as Rad Kaim) Donald Sumpter ... Yuri Rhodri Miles ... Senior Officer Tereza Srbova ... Kirilenko (as Tereza Srbová) Elisa Lasowski ... Prostitute Cristina Catalina ... Prostitute (as Christina Catalina) Alice Henley ... Prostitute Faton Gerbeshi ... Pimp David Papava ... Chechen Tamer Hassan ... Chechen Gergo Danka ... Junior Waiter Michael Sarne ... Valery (as Mike Sarne) Boris Isarov ... Russian Boss Yuri Klimov ... Russian Boss Andrzej Borkowski ... The Gypsy Olegar Fedoro ... Tattooist Uncredited Cast Diane Beck ... Nurse Morne Botes ... Vespa Rider Petra Bryant ... Prostitute Tony Cook ... Football Hooligan James Fiddy ... Football Supporter Tatiana Lavrentieva ... Mafia's Wife Wayne Morgan-Williams ... Football Hooligan Anna Pernicci ... Sonya Robert Roman Ratajczak ... Football Fan Rebecca Ballantine Reid ... Prostitute Peter Rnic ... Fingers John Warman ... Policeman Chris Wilson ... Paramedic Produced by Jeff Abberley Julia Blackman Stephen Garrett Robert Lantos Tracey Seaward David M. Thompson Paul Webster Original Music by Howard Shore

Additional Info Premiere: September 08, 2007 Theatrical Release: September 21, 2007 DVD Release: December 26, 2007 Blu-ray Release: October 14, 2008 Countries: Distributor: Focus Features Websites: Production Companies Kudos Film and Television (produced by) (production) (as Kudos Pictures) BBC Film (in association with) (produced by) Serendipity Point Films (production) (in association with) Corus Entertainment (in association with) Scion Films (produced in association with) Shine Pictures (in association with) Astral Media (in association with) Téléfilm Canada (produced in association with) (as Telefilm Canada) Focus Features (presents) Distributors Focus Features   (2007) (USA) (theatrical) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2008) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Included in "4 Favorite Crime Epics") Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.0 / 10 Our Rating 6.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #740 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #736 True Blood: Season 3 (2010) #737 True Blood: Season 4 (2011) #738 The Platform (2019) #739 True Blood: Season 1 (2008) #740 Eastern Promises (2007) #741 Extraction (2020) #742 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) #743 The Handmaid's Tale: Season 5 (2022) #744 Futurama: Season 11 (2023)