Plots(1)
In 1913, young Richard Herncastle, played by Colin Firth, escapes from a stuffy, provincial English background into the glitter and excitement of the theatre world. Funny, sad, and nostalgic, Lost Empires, follows Richard from his naïve, country upbringing to join his uncle Nick Ollanton, a famous music hall illusionist - known as the Indian Magician, Ganga Dun. The mystery of illusions, on and off the stage, is eventually shattered for Richard, whose dream of becoming a famous painter becomes sidetracked while he contends with men gone nearly insane, the lusts of countless women, and a murder that hangs over his head. As Lost Empires opens, looming on the horizon is World War I, which will destroy so much of Britain's tradition, including the great era of the Empire music hall. Soon the cinema will replace the eccentric and colorful performers whose home is the world of variety. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Colin Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/139/163139225_2e79db.png)
Colin Firth
UK
Best series:
Pride and Prejudice (1995) (series)
The Staircase (2022) (series)
Nostromo (1996) (series)
![John Castle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/187/158187996_b98b6f.gif)
John Castle
UK
Best series:
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
![Laurence Olivier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653386_e9c43e.jpg)
Laurence Olivier
UK
Best series:
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (series)
![Alfred Marks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188263_9925ae.gif)
Alfred Marks
UK
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
Lovejoy (1986) (series)
![James Cosmo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273123_564cfe.jpg)
James Cosmo
UK
Best series:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
![Ralph Riach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/263/158263720_7a9359.jpg)
Ralph Riach
UK
Best series:
Still Game (2002) (series)
Chancer (1990) (series)
Shetland (2013) (series)
![Wanda Ventham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/475/161475997_9de44c.jpg)
Wanda Ventham
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
![Patricia Quinn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/799/162799277_c1fcf1.jpg)
Patricia Quinn
UK
Best series:
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Beatie Edney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/778/168778391_un01nh.jpg)
Beatie Edney
UK
Carmen Du Sautoy
UK
Best series:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Aristocrats (1999) (series)
Absolutely Fabulous (1992) (series)
![Jim Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/422/162422071_f2d160.jpg)
Jim Carter
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) (series)
Widows (1983) (series)
![Pamela Stephenson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/381/158381775_5fd2c8.jpg)
Pamela Stephenson
New Zealand
Best series:
Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Anthony Newlands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/528/158528915_2b1972.jpg)
Anthony Newlands
UK
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
![Kenneth Nelson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/473/159473872_f3f2df.jpg)
Kenneth Nelson
USA
Best series:
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Edge of Darkness (1985) (series)
![Brian Glover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579646_2c988f.jpg)
Brian Glover
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Bottom (1991) (series)
![Lila Kaye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439151_1efa2c.gif)
Lila Kaye
UK
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)
Covington Cross (1992) (series)
Cheers (1982) (series)
Arthur Hewlett
UK
Best series:
The Storyteller (1987) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Mike Edmonds
UK
Best series:
The Storyteller (1987) (series)
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983) (series)
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
![Tim Dantay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/604/161604528_f3c82d.jpg)
Tim Dantay
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Brassic (2019) (series)
Rachel Gurney
UK
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)