A Brief History of Time
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This shows physicist Stephen Hawking
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Principal cast & crew: 27
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Edited by Brad FullerShot by Stefan CzapskyScored by Philip GlassDesigned by Ted Bafaloukos
Box Office
1991 · Box office
Grossed $2.3M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$2.3M
Also known as
- Eine kurze Geschichte der Zeitde
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Cast & Crew
27 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Stephen Hawking
as Self
Isobel Hawking
as Self - Stephen Hawking's Mother
Janet Humphrey
as Self - Stephen Hawking's Aunt
Mary Hawking
as Self - Stephen Hawking's Sister
Basil King
as Self - Hawking Family Neighbor
Derek Powney
as Self - Hawking Classmate at Oxford
Norman Dix
as Self - Hawking Classmate at Oxford
Robert Berman
as Self - Hawking Tutor at Oxford
Gordon Berry
as Self - Hawking Classmate at Oxford
Roger Penrose
as Self - Professor at Cambridge
Dennis Sciama
John Archibald Wheeler
Supporting cast
7Directors
1Writers
1Producers
1Other crew
6Parents Guide
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