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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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
Ciro Guerra
Director
Ciro Guerra
Screenplay
J.M. Coetzee
Novel
Andrea Zoso
Executive Producer
Penelope Glass
Executive Producer
Olga Segura-Gall
Producer
Michael Fitzgerald
Producer
Andrea Iervolino
Producer
Monika Bacardi
Producer
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Giampiero Ambrosi
Original Music Composer
Jacopo Quadri
Editor
Carlo Poggioli
Costume Design
Crispian Sallis
Production Design
