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Waiting for the Barbarians

2020 · R · 1h 52m

Directed by Ciro Guerra

5.9

TMDB audience score
410 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.

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Cast

  • Mark Rylance
    The Magistrate

  • Johnny Depp
    Colonel Joll

  • Robert Pattinson
    Officer Mandel

  • Gana Bayarsaikhan
    The Girl

  • Greta Scacchi
    Mai

  • David Dencik
    The Clerk

  • Sam Reid
    The Lieutenant

  • Harry Melling
    Garrison Soldier #4

  • Bill Milner
    Garrison Soldier #5

  • Gursed Dalkhsuren
    Old Prisoner

  • Tserendagva Purevdorj
    Old Barbarian

  • Hami Belal
    Joll's Man #1

  • Wil Coban
    Mandel's Guard #1

  • David Moorst
    Garrison Soldier #6

  • Joseph Long
    Baker

  • Clem So
    Barbarian 5

  • Isabella Nefar
    Star

  • Dulguun-Erdene Garamkhand
    Boy Prisoner