---
title: 'Cradle Will Rock (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tim Robbins'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cradle-will-rock-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150216/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cradle Will Rock (1999)

1999 · 129 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Cradle Will Rock is a 1999 American historical drama film written, produced and directed by Tim Robbins. The story fictionalizes the true events that surrounded the development of the 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein; it adapts history to create an account of the original production, bringing in other stories of the time to produce a social commentary on the role of art and power in the 1930s, particularly amidst the struggles of the labor movement at the time and the corresponding appeal of socialism and communism among many intellectuals, artists and working-class people in the same period.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tim Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-robbins)
- **Screenplay:** [Tim Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-robbins)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dave Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-robbins)
- **Producer:** [Tim Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-robbins)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean-Yves Escoffier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-yves-escoffier)
- **Editor:** [Geraldine Peroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-peroni)

## Cast

- [Audra McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/audra-mcdonald)
- [Bob Balaban](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-balaban)
- [Barbara Sukowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-sukowa)
- [Barnard Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/barnard-hughes)
- [Jamey Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamey-sheridan)
- [Carrie Preston](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-preston)
- [Cherry Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/cherry-jones)
- [Angus Macfadyen](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-macfadyen)
- [Stephen Spinella](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-spinella)
- [Susan Sarandon](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-sarandon)
- [Joan Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-cusack)
- [David Costabile](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-costabile)
- [Dominic Chianese](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-chianese)
- [Hank Azaria](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-azaria)
- [Kyle Gass](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyle-gass)

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