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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.
Apr 5, 2019 · The film depicts the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, when British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. It features a cast of British actors, historical accuracy, and a PG-13 rating for violence and chaos.
- (5.5K)
- Drama, History
- Mike Leigh
- 2019-04-05
Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh portrays one of the bloodiest episodes in British history, the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819, where government-backed...
- 1 min
- 804K
- Prime Movies
In St. Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, in 1819, an assembly of protesters urging parliamentary reform and workers’ rights was set upon by the British cavalry, who killed 18 and wounded nearly 1,000.
Apr 5, 2019 · In 1819 a cavalry charge on a peaceful protest at St. Peter's Field in Manchester, England, results in the Peterloo Massacre.
- (162)
- Mike Leigh
- PG-13
- Rory Kinnear
Peterloo is a historical drama film about the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, when British forces attacked a pro-democracy rally in Manchester. The film portrays the events, the aftermath, and the impact of this bloody episode in British history.
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