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Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes41%
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
165 audience votes
Key crew
- Greg LatterScreenplay
- Dario MarianelliOriginal Music Composer
- Bille AugustDirector
Cast
- Joseph FiennesJames Gregory
- Dennis HaysbertNelson Mandela
- Diane KrugerGloria Gregory
- Shiloh HendersonBrett Gregory
- Patrick LysterMajor Pieter Jordaan
- Norman AnsteyJimmy Kruger
- Terry PhetoZindzi Mandela
- Zikhona MdaZenani Mandela
- Leslie MongeziWalter Sisulu
- Faith NdukwanaWinnie Mandela
- Zingizile MtuzulaRaymond Mhlaba
- Mehboob BawaAhmed Kathrada
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Themes
escapeprison celljail guardsouth africaapartheidnelson mandelaxenophobia