The White King

2016
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Title: The White King

Original Title: The White King

Year: 2016

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: January 27 2017

Plot

Djata (Lorenzo Allchurch) is only twelve years old boy and he is growing up in a brutal dictatorship. When the Government imprisons his father Peter and acuse him and his mother Hannah as labeled traitors, the boy will try all than he can do untill he sees his father again. 'The White King' is a dystopian drama based in the awarded novel of Norwegian autor György Dragomán. The second novel of the writer was translated in 28 languages.

The same autor expressed his opinion about the adaptation. As he explains, the two filmmakers Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel perfectly understand the nature of the visual reality that he created in the book. The cast is composed by Agyness Dean, Jonathan Pryce, Ross Partridge, Fiona Shaw, Greta Scacchi and already mentioned Lorenzo Allchurch.

Cast

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Sophia (voice)

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Colonel Fitz

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi

General Meade

Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Kathrin Fitz

Derek de Lint

Derek de Lint

Silver Hair

Videos

'The White King' Teaser Trailer 0:50
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'The White King' Trailer

January 19 2017

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Trivia

Based on

The film is based on György Dragomán's second novel.

Game of Thrones

Jonathan Pryce, the actor who starring Colonel Fitz in the film, is one of the HBO series Game of Thrones's character. He plays High Sparrow in the fiction.

Dragomán about the film adaptation

Dragomán says about the film adaptation: "When I read the first draft of the script, I knew right away that the filmmakers understand fully the nature of the visual reality I created in the book. Alex and Jörg the ideal candidates to turn my writing into a movie with universal appeal".

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