Peterloo
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- Drama
- History
Overview
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
Keywords
- england
- 19th century
- based on true story
- period drama
- massacre
- historical drama
- british history
- manchester
- 1810s
- manchester, england
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 1, 2018
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- Rory Kinnear,Maxine Peake,Pearce Quigley,David Moorst,Rachel Finnegan,Tom Meredith,Simona Bitmate,Robert Wilfort,Karl Johnson,Sam Troughtonand 139 more
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Writer
- Mike Leigh
- Producer
- Lizzie Francke,Peter Hampden,Georgina Lowe,Gail Egan,Norman Merry,Daniel Battsek,Sue Bruce-Smith
- Cinematography
- Dick Pope
- Music
- Gary Yershon
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Revenue
- $2,153,029
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt4614612