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Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
First Aired
Sep 14, 2003
Last Aired
Mar 27, 2005
Seasons
2
Episodes
24
Studio
3 Arts Entertainment, HBO
Cast
Full credits →N
Nick Stahl
Ben Hawkins
C
Clancy Brown
Brother Justin
M
Michael J. Anderson
Samson
T
Tim DeKay
Clayton Jones
C
Clea DuVall
Sofie
C
Cynthia Ettinger
Rita Sue Dreifuss
C
Carla Gallo
Libby Dreifuss
A
Adrienne Barbeau
Ruthie
A
Amy Madigan
Iris Crowe
T
Toby Huss
Stumpy Dreifuss
D
Debra Christofferson
Lila
B
Brian Turk
Gabriel
D
Diane Salinger
Apollonia
R
Ralph Waite
Norman Belthus
J
John Fleck
Gecko
B
Blake Shields
Osgood
John Carroll Lynch
Varlyn Stroud
P
Patrick Bauchau
Professor Ernst Lodz
