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A United Kingdom( 2016)

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The true story of a love that shook an empire

Overview

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

    Top Billed Cast

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      David Oyelowo

      Seretse Khama

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      Rosamund Pike

      Ruth Williams-Khama

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      Tom Felton

      Rufus Lancaster

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      Jack Davenport

      Sir Alistair Canning

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      Terry Pheto

      Naledi Khama

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      Laura Carmichael

      Muriel Williams

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      Jessica Oyelowo

      Lady Lilly Canning

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      Vusi Kunene

      Tshekedi Khama

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      Nicholas Lyndhurst

      George Williams

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      Arnold Oceng

      Charles

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      Anastasia Hille

      Dot Williams

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      Charlotte Hope

      Olivia Lancaster

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      Theo Landey

      Nash

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      Abena Ayivor

      Ella Khama

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      Jack Lowden

      Tony Benn

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      Zackary Momoh

      Oluwu

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      Nicholas Rowe

      Fenner Brockway

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      Billy Boyle

      Reverend James Manners

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      Conny Stadler

      Missionary

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      Kevin Hand

      Manager

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      Ray Burnet

      Reverend Leonard Patterson

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      Anton Lesser

      Prime Minister Attlee

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      Michael Howe

      Terence Bernard

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      Donald Molosi

      Kabelo

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      Julian Firth

      Mr. Speaker

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      Duncan Wisbey

      Commonwealth Under-Secretary

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      Rupert Vansittart

      Sir Ian Fraser

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      James Northcote

      Roberts

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      Merveille Lukeba

      Joe Appiah

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      Femi Ogunbanjo

      Man from Rhodesia

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      Paul Putner

      Porter

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      Will Featherstone

      Reporter

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      Danny Babington

      Reporter

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      Dave Perry

      Idiot

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      Craig Whittaker

      Idiot

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      Dean Roberts

      Idiot

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Reno

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    Written by Reno on Thu Jul 13 2017
    **The story of two kingdoms.** It got the mixed responses from all the quarters, but I had a little doubt that did I watched the same film! Because it was much better than what I have had heard from them. It's a biographical romance- drama from the director of 'Belle'. And like the inspiring life stories of Gandhi, Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. et cetera, this one falls in the same line. All of their life events set in different kind of geopolitical scenario, so do this man's. But it was like differences in the family, which led to geopolitics. Anyway, the history book says, all the great ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    14000000.00

    Revenue

    13819139.00

    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • africa
    • marriage
    • biography
    • based on true story
    • botswana
    • interracial marriage
    • king
    • woman director