James McAvoy
Charles Xavier
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A 2011 superhero film based on the X-Men characters from Marvel Comics, set in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It depicts the origin of the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants, and their conflict with the mutant supremacist Sebastian Shaw.
Jun 3, 2011 · A prequel to the X-Men franchise, this movie shows the origins of Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr, who became Professor X and Magneto. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about the plot, trivia, and awards.
- (731K)
- Action, Sci-Fi
- Matthew Vaughn
- 2011-06-03
In the early 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a mutant named Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) meets a fellow mutant named Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender).
- (299)
- Matthew Vaughn
- PG-13
- James Mcavoy
At a German concentration camp in occupied Poland during 1944, young Erik Lehnsherr is separated from his parents by Nazi guards. The child's desperate mind remarkably bends a metal gate until a guard knocks Lehnsherr unconscious (the same footage that's in the first X-Men movie).
Jun 3, 2011 · Overview. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Learn how Professor X and Magneto met and became friends and enemies in the 1960s, and how they recruited other mutants to stop a nuclear threat. See the full plot summary, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of X-Men: First Class on IMDb.
Feb 10, 2011 · Watch the trailer of the 2011 prequel to the X-Men saga, featuring young Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr as friends and mutants. Learn how they became enemies and founded their respective teams, the X-Men and the Brotherhood.
- 2 min
- 16.6M
- X-Men Movies
