Children of Dune
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Children of Dune
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| Episodes: | 3 |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Country: | United States |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Seasons Breakdown: | (1) 3 |
| Category: | Alternative Worlds |
| Colour: | Yes |
| Format: | Mini-Series |
| Company: | BLIXA FILM PRODUKTION GMBH, HALLMARK ENTERTAINMENT, NEW AMSTERDAM ENTERTAINMENT INC., TTP FILM DISTRUBUTIONS II LLC |
| Creator: | Based on Dune Messiah and Children of Dune by Frank Herbert |
| Run Time (mins): | 266 (total run) |
| Language: | English |
| Type of Show: | Live Action |
| Status: | Ended |
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Summary
Twelve years after seizing the Imperial throne and marrying Princess Irulan, Paul Atreides rules a galactic empire sustained by the Fremen jihads that consolidated his power. The deposed Emperor Shaddam IV and House Corrino live in exile on Salusa Secundus, where Princess Wensicia schemes to restore her family’s rule. Multiple factions, including the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, the Tleilaxu, and disaffected Fremen opposed to Paul’s terraforming of Arrakis, converge in a broad conspiracy to end his reign. The Tleilaxu introduce a ghola of Duncan Idaho, secretly conditioned to assassinate Paul.
Paul’s prescience reveals the conspiracy’s trajectory, yet he allows events to unfold to avert a far worse future. After surviving a blinding stone‑burner attack by navigating through his visions, he retreats to a Fremen sietch where his concubine Chani dies giving birth to twins. In his absence, Alia eliminates the conspirators in the imperial capital. When Paul triggers Duncan’s conditioning, the emotional shock breaks the programming and restores the ghola’s original memories. The Tleilaxu Face Dancer Scytale offers to resurrect Chani in exchange for Paul’s submission, but Paul, seeing through the pre‑born consciousness of his son, kills him.
Following Fremen custom, Paul walks into the desert to die, relinquishing power. His legacy passes to his newborn twins, whose future empire is entrusted to Alia.
Cast
Paul Atreides ALEX NEWMAN, Irulan Corrino-Atreides JULIE COX, Duncan Idaho EDWARD ATTERTON, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen IAN MCNIECE, Chani BARBORA KODETOVA, Stilgar STEVEN BERKOFF, Alia Atreides DANIELA AMAVIA, Gurney Halleck P.H. MORIARTY, Leto Atreides II JAMES MCAVOY, Ghanima Atreides JESSICA BROOKS, Farad'n Corrino JONATHAN BRUUN, Javid RIK YOUNG, Scytale MARTIN MCDOUGALL, Bijaz GEE WILLIAMS, Lady Jessica Atreides ALICE KRIGE, Princess Wensicia Corrino SUSAN SARANDON, F'radn (5 years) MARIANO TITANTI, Tyekanik MAREK VASUT, Otheym JAKOB SCHWARZ, Lichna KLARA ISSOVA, Reverend Mother Mohiam ZUZANA GEISLEROVA, Korba KAREL DOBRY, Farok IVO NOVAK, Namri PREDRAG BJELAC, Muriz ZDENEK MARYSKA, Al-Fali PAVEL KRIZ Tariq VILIAM DOCOLOMANSKY, Sabiha LANA LIKIC, Edric (voice) TERRENCE STONE, Smuggler #2 PETER VARGA, Smuggler Escort (as Greg Finn) GREOGORY FINN, Sardaukar Tiger Trainer (as Jan Filipensky) JAN PAVEL FILIPENSKY, Trainer PAVEL CAJZL, Teen Tiger Victim (boy-twin) DAVID MOTTL, Teen Tiger Victim (girl-twin) KAMILA ZENKEROVA, Farok's Son FILIP TOMSA, Fremen Lieutenant MIROSLAV TABORSKY, Fremen Captain MARTIN DEJDAR, Naib #1 RUDOLF PELLAR, Naib #2 JAN UNGER, Naib #3 JAN NEMEJOVSKY, Qizarate Priest #1 DAVID O'KELLY, Qizarate Priest #2 JAMES BABSON, Qizarate Priest #3 (as Noel Le Bon) NOEL LE BOM, Qizarate Priest #4 DANIEL BROWN, Old Reverend Mother (as Dagmar Dasha Bláhová) DAGMAR BLAHOVA, Otheym's Caretaker KRISTINA MADERICOVA, Palimbasha DAVID FISHER, Fremen Midwife EVA AICHMAJEROVA, Ranting Woman DANIELA KRHUTOVA, Girl #1 VERONIKA BELLOVA, Javid (10 years old) DAVID BACKOVSKY, Tuek's Son PAVEL BEZDEK, Sentry #1 DANIEL ROUS, Sentry #2 JEFFREY STEWART SMITH, Imperial Commander #1 PETR VOBECKY, Imperial Guard #1 DANIEL PIETRUCHA, Imperial Guard #2 PAUL LAUDEN, Fedaykin #1 SRDJAN SIMEONOVICH, Fedaykin #2 & #3 MIKULAS KREN, Fedaykin Commander JIRI WOHANKA, Fedaykin Commander DAVID FORRESTER, Woman in Crowd MICHAELA STRNADOVA, Fugitive ROBERT NIZNIK, Merchant #1 ALVIN VAN BER KUECH, Merchant #2 NADA SAFRATOVA, Merchant #3 JAN KUZELKA, Dignitary at Funeral (as Ivan Shvdoff) IVAN SHVEDOFF, DRAGON RADIVOJEVIC LAV
Sources: Frank Herbert's Children of Dune - Wikipedia