---
title: 'The Peacemaker (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mimi Leder'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-peacemaker-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119874/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Peacemaker (1997)

1997 · 118 min · Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Peacemaker is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed by Mimi Leder in her feature debut. Starring George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Marcel Iureș and Aleksandr Baluev, it was the first film distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. While the story takes place all over the world, it was shot primarily in Slovakia with some sequences filmed in New York City, Philadelphia and North Macedonia. The basis for the film was the 1997 book One Point Safe by Andrew and Leslie Cockburn, which examined the state of Russia's nuclear arsenal.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Branko Lustig](https://cinepixo.com/people/branko-lustig), [Walter F. Parkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-f-parkes)
- **Director:** [Mimi Leder](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimi-leder)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Schiffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-schiffer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Zimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zimmer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dietrich Lohmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/dietrich-lohmann)
- **Editor:** [David Rosenbloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rosenbloom)

## Cast

- [Goran Višnjić](https://cinepixo.com/people/goran-visnjic)
- [Holt McCallany](https://cinepixo.com/people/holt-mccallany)
- [Armin Mueller-Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-mueller-stahl)
- [Matt Winston](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-winston)
- [Murphy Guyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/murphy-guyer)
- [Hannah Werntz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannah-werntz)
- [Michael Boatman](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-boatman)
- [Branko Lustig](https://cinepixo.com/people/branko-lustig)
- [George Clooney](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-clooney)
- [Alexander Strobele](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-strobele)
- [Carlos Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-gomez-2)
- [Jay Acovone](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-acovone)
- [Slobodan Dimitrijević](https://cinepixo.com/people/slobodan-dimitrijevic)
- [Marcel Iureș](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-iures)
- [Bruce Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-gray)

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