Movie
Black '47
Overview
In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-09-05
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fastnet Films, Primeridian Entertainment, Samsa Film, uMedia, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Wild Atlantic Pictures
- Country
- Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hugo Weaving as Hannah
- James Frecheville as Feeney
- Stephen Rea as Conneely
- Freddie Fox as Pope
- Barry Keoghan as Hobson
- Moe Dunford as Fitzgibbon
- Sarah Greene as Ellie
- Jim Broadbent as Lord Kilmichael
- Dermot Crowley as Bolton
- Ruairí Heading as Coyne
- Aidan McArdle as Cronin
- Fiach Kunz as D'Arcy
Crew
- Lance Daly - Director
- P.J. Dillon - Writer
- Pierce Ryan - Writer
- Lance Daly - Writer
- Eugene O’Brien - Writer
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