who was the director of the film?
Christopher Nolan
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, 
who played bane in batman the dark knight rises Tom Hardy when was he born? 15 September 1977 and where was he born? Hammersmith, London. when did he start his acting career? 2001 when was this movie released? 2012 name other starcast of this film? Bruce Wayne, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Anne Hathaway. who played the first character mentioned above by you? Christian Bale
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The Dark Knight Rises [SEP] Introduction
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the final installment in Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy", and the sequel to "The Dark Knight" (2008). Christian Bale stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Morgan Freeman. Eight years after the events of "The Dark Knight", the revolutionary Bane forces Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear destruction.