---
title: 'The Dark Knight Rises (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christopher Nolan'
released: '2012-07-20'
runtime_minutes: 164
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dark-knight-rises-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

2012 · PG-13 · 164 min · Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime · United Kingdom, United States

Part of: The Dark Knight trilogy

## Synopsis

The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan, and the story with David S. Goyer, it is the final installment in Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, and the sequel to The Dark Knight (2008). The film stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Michael Caine. Set eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, it follows a retired Wayne being forced to resume his role as Batman to save Gotham City from nuclear destruction at the hands of the terrorist Bane (Hardy).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christopher Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-nolan)
- **Screenplay:** [Christopher Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-nolan), [Bob Kane](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-kane), [David S. Goyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-s-goyer), [Jonathan Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-nolan)
- **Producer:** [Christopher Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-nolan), [Emma Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-thomas), [Charles Roven](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-roven)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Zimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zimmer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Wally Pfister](https://cinepixo.com/people/wally-pfister)
- **Editor:** [Lee Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-smith)

## Cast

- [Joey King](https://cinepixo.com/people/joey-king) as Talia al Ghul
- [Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-gordon-levitt) as John Blake
- [Brett Cullen](https://cinepixo.com/people/brett-cullen)
- [Aidan Gillen](https://cinepixo.com/people/aidan-gillen)
- [Linus Roache](https://cinepixo.com/people/linus-roache)
- [Glen Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/glen-powell)
- [Vincent van Ommen](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-van-ommen)
- [Daniel Sunjata](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-sunjata)
- [Uri Gavriel](https://cinepixo.com/people/uri-gavriel)
- [James Harvey Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-harvey-ward)
- [Marion Cotillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-cotillard) as Talia al Ghul
- [Aaron Eckhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-eckhart) as Two-Face
- [Wade Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-williams)
- [Christian Bale](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-bale) as Bruce Wayne
- [Ronnie Gene Blevins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronnie-gene-blevins)

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