The Marsh King’s Daughter Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

In the tense thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter, a woman with a secret past will venture into the wilderness she left behind to confront the most dangerous man she’s ever met: her father. In the film, Helena’s (Daisy Ridley) seemingly ordinary life hides a dark and dangerous truth: her estranged father is the infamous Marsh King (Ben Mendelsohn), the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. When her father escapes from prison, Helena will need to confront her past. Knowing that he will hunt for her and her family, Helena must find the strength to face her demons and outmaneuver the man who taught her everything she knows about surviving in the wild.

Thriller Adaptation Psychological

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Marsh King’s Daughter.

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  Daisy Ridley

  Cleaner, Star Wars: New Jedi Order

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  Garrett Hedlund

  The Tutor, The Absence of Eden

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  Ben Mendelsohn

  Freaky Tales, Spies in Disguise

• B
  Brooklynn Prince

  The Angry Birds Movie 2, Little Wing

• G
  Gil Birmingham

  Wind River: The Next Chapter, Under the Banner of Heaven

• C
  Caren Pistorius

  Unhinged, The Light Between Oceans

Crew Behind the Film

The The Marsh King’s Daughter behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Morten Tyldum last directed Passengers and The Imitation Game.

Director

Morten Tyldum

Screenwriters

Elle Smith
Mark L. Smith

Producers

Teddy Schwarzman
Morten Tyldum

Production Details

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Key Facts

• Produced by Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman, Anonymous Content’s Keith Redmon, and Mark L. Smith, the movie is directed by Neil Burger (Limitless, The Illusionist, Voyagers) from a screenplay by Elle Smith & Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), based on the book by Karen Dionne.
• Based on the best-selling novel by Karen Dionne.

Production Updates for The Marsh King’s Daughter

Nov 2022

Completed

Changed The Marsh King’s Daughter movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jul 2021

Pre-Production

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

Jul 2021

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Shooting in Canada.

Mar 2018

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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