
Origin
While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.
- 6.6
- 2023
- Released
- 2h 21m

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Isabel Wilkerson
Niecy Nash-Betts
Marion Wilkerson
Jon Bernthal
Brett Hamilton
Emily Yancy
Ruby Wilkerson
Finn Wittrock
August Landmesser
Victoria Pedretti
Irma Eckler
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Elizabeth Davis
Isha Blaaker
Allison Davis
Vera Farmiga
Kate Medina
Audra McDonald
Miss Hale
Connie Nielsen
Sabine
Blair Underwood
Amari Selvan
Nick Offerman
Dave the Plumber
Stephanie March
Binky Urban
Myles Frost
Trayvon Martin
Suraj Yengde, Ph.D
Himself
Donna Mills
Mrs. Copeland
Michael "Spike" Topoozian
Sales Executive
Cristin König
Nazi Librarian
Franz Hartwig
Erich Kästner
Jakob von Eichel
Pastor
Thai Douglas
Teddy
Matthias Miller
Berlin Librarian
Daniel Lommatzsch
Joseph Goebbels
Max Schimmelpfennig
Nazi Student Organizer
Mieke Schymura
Nigella Dunkley
John Hans Tester
Ulrich Kostlin
Leonardo Nam
Nathan Kostlin
Bryan Terry Shell
Pest Control Guy
Ann-Sophie Heier
Museum Curator
Ingo Hülsmann
Eduard Kohlrausch
Holger Handtke
Fritz Grau
Felix Goeser
Bernhard Lösener
Luis Lüps
Achim Gercke
Konstantin Lindhorst
Roland Freisler
David Bredin
Karl Klee
Matthew Zuk
Burleigh Gardner
Hannah Pniewski
Mary Gardner
Jessica Fontaine
Essie
Steven Allen
Red Haired Man
Gigi Pereira
Traveler/ Restaurant Patron
Will Baker
Traveler / Restaurant Patron
Wyatt Werneth
Sheriff
Monica Patankar
Conference Leader
Zing Ashford
Cousin Patrice
Malachi Malik
James Hale
Gissette Valentin
Gina the Realtor
Prakash Dhingra
Tuk-Tuk Driver
Abhishek Arun Bhalerao
Professor Ram Rawat
Shahid Khan
Scarf Vendor
Jyotsana Siddharth
Indian Woman Docent
Ishaan Yadav
Young Ambedkar
Dhrubo Jyoti
Himself
Snehalata Siddharth Tagde
Dr. Jajula Valicharla
Sarah Navratil
German Lady in Powder Room #1
Tatiana Harman
German Lady in Powder Room #2
Abigail London
August & Irma's Daughter
Danielle Burr
Jewish Woman
Raphael Allan
Jewish Son
Lennox Simms
Al Bright
Allan Jones
Coach
Emerson Smith
Young Al's Friend
Avery Gibson
City Champ #3
Allan Wilayto
Adult Al's Friend
Bryan McClure
Park Worker
Keller Fornes
Lifeguard
Carmen Halphen
Airplane Passenger
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive voice)








Released
en
$38,000,000.00
$4,474,931.00
- #based on novel or book
- #woman director
Reviews
A missed opportunity. While I agree with the most but not everything that was stated in the movie, I can't understand why it failed to find obvious similarities to segregation based on religion. Am I the only one who sees forbidding marriage between religions the same as forbidding interracial marriagies? I think it was convenient to find funds for this movie in times of woke movement. The inte
Those who believe that institutionalized systemic racism is fundamentally an American problem should probably give a serious look to this latest offering from writer-director Ava DuVernay, best known for the superb historical drama, “Selma” (2014). Based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by best-selling author Isabel Wilkerson, the film examines how organic prejudices are actually

The acting is all really quite adequate here, but it's not really that important to the fascinating underlying premiss that underpins the theory that race, in itself, might not be the reasons for the hierarchical nature of a society that always manages to create sub-classes. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor offers her own engaging perspective on author Isabel Wilkerson who is invited by a publisher to offer
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/origin-venice-film-festival-review-a-must-see-educational-story/ "Origin brilliantly transposes the pillars of caste from Isabel Wilkerson's book to the big screen through an incredibly revealing, genuinely fascinating narrative, despite becoming clear that the source material is better suited to a documentary. The exceptionally human perform











