---
title: 'The Dancer Upstairs (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Malkovich'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dancer-upstairs-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118926/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dancer Upstairs (2002)

2002 · 133 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United States, Spain


## Synopsis

The Dancer Upstairs is a 2002 Spanish-American crime thriller film produced and directed by John Malkovich, and starring Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto and Laura Morante. The film is an adaptation of the 1995 novel The Dancer Upstairs by Nicholas Shakespeare, who also wrote the screenplay.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich)
- **Producer:** [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich), [Andrés Vicente Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/andres-vicente-gomez)
- **Screenplay:** [Nicholas Shakespeare](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-shakespeare)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alberto Iglesias](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-iglesias)
- **Director of Photography:** [José Luis Alcaine Escaño](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-luis-alcaine-escano)

## Cast

- [Abel Folk](https://cinepixo.com/people/abel-folk)
- [Nur Levi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nur-levi)
- [Yohana Cobo](https://cinepixo.com/people/yohana-cobo)
- [Elvira Mínguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvira-minguez)
- [Javier Bardem](https://cinepixo.com/people/javier-bardem)
- [Luís Miguel Cintra](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-miguel-cintra)
- [Alexandra Lencastre](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandra-lencastre)
- [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich)
- [Juan Diego Botto](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-diego-botto)
- [Oliver Cotton](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-cotton)
- [Tito García](https://cinepixo.com/people/tito-garcia)
- [Laura Morante](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-morante)

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