Miniseries · History
Houdini
He Knew No Limits
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Adrien Brody
Harry Houdini
2 eps
Kristen Connolly
Bess Houdini
2 eps
Evan Jones
Jim Collins
2 eps
Tim Pigott-Smith
William Melville
2 eps
Tom Benedict Knight
Dash Houdini
2 eps
Shaun Williamson
Reilly
2 eps
Megan Dodds
Margery Crandon
2 eps
David Calder
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2 eps
Eszter Ónodi
Cecilia Weiss
2 eps
Jeremy Wheeler
Rabbi Weiß
2 eps
Tim Woodward
Sheriff John
2 eps
Gyula Mesterházy
Kaiser Wilhelm II
2 eps
Iván Kamarás
Rasputin
2 eps
Simon Nader
Tsar Nicholas Romanov
2 eps
Kata Sarbó
Girl
2 eps
Louis Mertens
Erich Weiß
2 eps
Caroline Boulton
Sylvia the Bearded Lady
2 eps
Eric Loren
John Wilkie
2 eps
Stevan Rimkus
Maxwell
2 eps
Madeleine Potter
Houdini's Mistress
2 eps
Anthony Cozens
Chauncey Kidd
1 eps
Linda Marlowe
Lady Doyle
1 eps
Richard Rifkin
Farnsworth
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Houdini actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Houdini reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Harry Houdini emerges as America's first bonafide world-renowned superstar.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Part Two
Conclusion. Houdini must adapt as the industrial age comes to an end.
- Directed by Uli Edel
- Written by Nicholas Meyer
S01E01
Part One
From humble beginnings at circus sideshows to sold out concert halls in Europe, Part 1 of Houdini follows the rise of the boy Erich Weiss as he becomes the man Harry Houdini, master escapologist.
- Directed by Uli Edel
- Written by Nicholas Meyer
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- András HámoriExecutive Producer
- Ildikó KeményProducer
- Gerald W. AbramsExecutive Producer
Writing
- Nicholas MeyerWriter
Direction
- Uli EdelDirector
Cinematography
- Karl Walter LindenlaubDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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