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The Pillars of the Earth

7.7/ 102010Episode runtime

Drama

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Robert Bathurst

Robert Bathurst

Percy Hamleigh

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Earl Bartholomew

Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Prior Phillip

Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

Tom Builder

Ian McShane

Ian McShane

Waleran Bigod

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne

Jack Jackson

Natalia Wörner

Natalia Wörner

Ellen

Hayley Atwell

Hayley Atwell

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