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Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, written and directed by Mike Leigh, based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The film was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival .
- $1.9 million
- Gary Yershon
- $18 million
- Georgina Lowe
Apr 5, 2019 · Peterloo: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst. The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
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- Drama, History
- Mike Leigh
- 2019-04-05
Apr 5, 2019 · A film about the 1819 massacre of protesters in Manchester, England, by the British cavalry, directed by the great British filmmaker Mike Leigh. Ebert praises the film's historical accuracy and its depiction of the pre-Industrial-Revolution conditions and the class struggle, but criticizes its dialogue, direction, and characters.
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Apr 5, 2019 · Rated: 3/5 • Mar 25, 2021. In 1819 a cavalry charge on a peaceful protest at St. Peter's Field in Manchester, England, results in the Peterloo Massacre.
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- Mike Leigh
- PG-13
- Rory Kinnear
Sep 1, 2018 · With this richly intelligent, passionate movie, Mike Leigh has fought a brilliant rearguard action on history’s political battlefield. Peterloo opens in the UK on 2 November and in the US on 9...
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, in which a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest, most notorious episodes in British history.
