A United Kingdom poster
Director Amma Asante
Screenplay Guy Hibbert

A United Kingdom

Tagline: The true story of a love that shook an empire

Release Date: 2016-11-25

Duration: 111 minutes

Synopsis

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

Casting

  • Rosamund Pike
    Ruth Williams-Khama
  • Tom Felton
    Rufus Lancaster
  • Charlotte Hope
    Olivia Lancaster
  • Jack Lowden
    Tony Benn
  • Jack Davenport
    Sir Alistair Canning
  • Anton Lesser
    Prime Minister Attlee
  • Laura Carmichael
    Muriel Williams
  • David Oyelowo
    Seretse Khama
  • Nicholas Rowe
    Fenner Brockway
  • Rupert Vansittart
    Sir Ian Fraser