---
title: 'Ballad of a Small Player (2025)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Berger'
released: '2025-08-29'
runtime_minutes: 101
certification: 'R'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ballad-of-a-small-player-2025'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32063098/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

2025 · R · 101 min · Germany, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Ballad of a Small Player is a 2025 British black comedy psychological thriller film directed by Edward Berger from a screenplay by Rowan Joffé, based on the 2014 novel The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osborne. The film stars Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings, and Tilda Swinton.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-berger)
- **Screenplay:** [Rowan Joffé](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowan-joffe)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Friend](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-friend)
- **Editor:** [Nick Emerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-emerson)

## Cast

- [Fala Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/fala-chen)
- [Colin Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-farrell-2)
- [Tilda Swinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilda-swinton)
- [Deanie Ip](https://cinepixo.com/people/deanie-ip)
- [Alex Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-jennings)
- [Jason Tobin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-tobin)

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