Welcome to Marwen Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation—a testament to the most powerful women he knows—through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.

Cited as official plot version from universalpictures.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Welcome to Marwen.

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  Steve Carell

  ... Mark Hogancamp

  Despicable Me 4, IF

• 
  Leslie Mann

  Rio, ParaNorman

• 
  Janelle Monae

  Golden, Hidden Figures

• 
  Diane Kruger

  ... Deja Thoris

  The Shrouds, Unknown

• 
  Eiza González

  Ash, In the Grey

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  Gwendoline Christie

  ... Anna

  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, Flux Gourmet

• L
  Leslie Zemeckis

  Enfants Terribles

• M
  Merritt Wever

  Memory, Marriage Story

• N
  Neil Jackson

  The Scarlet Pimpernel, Quantum of Solace

Crew Behind the Film

The Welcome to Marwen behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Robert Zemeckis last directed Here and Pinocchio. The film's writer Caroline Thompson last wrote City of Ember and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D.

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Screenwriters

Caroline Thompson
Robert Zemeckis

Producers

Jackie Levine
Cherylanne Martin
Jack Rapke
Steve Starkey
Robert Zemeckis

Production Details

What we know about the Welcome to Marwen movie production.

Key Facts

• Tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
• Gwendoline Christie will be playing Mark's Russian caretaker, Anna (Hollywood Reporter, 6/27/2017).
• Diane Kruger will play Deja Thoris, the Belgin Witch of Marwen who, in a recurring scenario, revives Carell’s alter ego every time he is killed by Nazis (Hollywood Reporter, 6/16/2017).
• Based on the 2010 documentary which was optioned. True story.

Production Updates for Welcome to Marwen

Jun 2018

Completed

Changed Welcome to Marwen movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Aug 2017

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Apr 2017

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Oct 2013

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Universal has optioned the 2010 documentary Marwencol for Robert Zemeckis to direct and produce.

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