6.495 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestPaul Atreides, who has become known as Paul Muad'Dib, leads a rebellion against the Harkonnen, who have the secret support of the emperor.
Frank Herbert's Dune is a three-part miniseries written and directed by John Harrison and based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune.
Production
Practical desert sets beat green screen any day.
Costume
Stillsuits look like actual suffering—perfect.
Writing
Covers whole book, no 'Part One' cop-out.
Creator
John Harrison
Alec Newman
Paul Atreides / Muad'Dib / Usul
Barbora Kodetová
Chani
Saskia Reeves
Lady Jessica Atreides
William Hurt
Duke Leto Atreides
P.H. Moriarty
Gurney Halleck
Matt Keeslar
Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
Ian McNeice
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Stilgar
Zuzana Geislerová
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Giancarlo Giannini
Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV
Julie Cox
Princess Irulan Corrino
László I. Kish
Glossu Beast Rabban Harkonnen
Miroslav Táborský
Count Hasimir Fenring
Laura Burton
Alia Atreides
James Watson
Duncan Idaho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in the Czech Republic on repurposed communist-era studio lots—the desert is just very convincing dirt.
This miniseries directly inspired Villeneuve's visual approach to the sandworm mouth sequence, which Harrison's team designed first in 2000.
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