The White King
The hardest thing to break is the human spirit.
2017 | 89m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Jörg Tittel, Alex Helfrecht |
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| Writer: | Jörg Tittel, Alex Helfrecht, György Dragomán |
| Staring: |
| Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his father again. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 27, 2017 |
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| Director: | Jörg Tittel, Alex Helfrecht |
| Writer: | Jörg Tittel, Alex Helfrecht, György Dragomán |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Drama |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, dystopia, dictatorship, family, woman director |
| Production Companies | Proton Cinema, Oiffy |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $2,494,400 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lorenzo Allchurch | Djata |
| Agyness Deyn | Hannah |
| Fiona Shaw | Kathrin Fitz |
| Ross Partridge | Peter |
| Jonathan Pryce | Colonel Fitz |
| Greta Scacchi | General Meade |
| Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Pickaxe |
| Clare-Hope Ashitey | Gaby |
| Olivia Williams | Sophia (voice) |
| Vilmos Heim | Frunza Boy |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Hubbard | Casting |
| Ros Hubbard | Casting |
| Jörg Tittel | Screenplay, Director |
| Richard Bullock | Production Design |
| Alex Helfrecht | Screenplay, Adaptation, Director |
| René Richter | Director of Photography |
| Peter R. Adam | Editor |
| Zoltán Frank | Set Decoration |
| György Dragomán | Novel |
| Joanna Bruzdowicz | Original Music Composer |
| Csaba Lòdi | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Teun Hilte | Producer |
| Philip Munger | Producer |
| Fredrik Zander | Co-Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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Despite having a solid cast, this is a really pretty lacklustre story about a young boy "Djata" (Lorenzo Allchurch) who together with his mother "Hannah" (Agyness Deyn) must fight against a dictatorship that has arrested his father "Peter" (Ross Partridge) and branded them both traitors. His grandfa ... ther "Col. Fitz" (Jonathan Pryce) is a high ranking officer in this rather Draconian regime so there is plenty of plot for us to get out teeth into - except, well, there isn't really. The characterisations are undercooked; the dialogue offers us little to augment that and aside from the effort from Pryce as the man genuinely tormented by loyalty to state and to family, the rest of it is all just a bit flat. The production is decent enough, the look of the film shows aplomb from both the director and the cinematographer - it's just the really staccato, unrewarding, story that renders this an unremarkable watch that doesn't really use the talents at it's disposal at all well.