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Amistad(Movie, 1997)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 35min | Genres: Drama, History, Mystery
AmistadRating: 3.5/5 (with 562562 votes)
Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter. The case was ultimately resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1841. Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, and Matthew McConaughey starred, along with Djimon Hounsou in his breakout role as Cinqué; Pete Postlethwaite, Nigel Hawthorne, and a then unknown Chi..."> ()
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Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German, English
Duration: 2h 28min
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Duration: 2h 35min
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Amazon Instant Video
Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German, English
Duration: 2h 28min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 2h 35min
Free/Ads
Also available at Amazon.de on: Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Amistad

European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award

About Amistad

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

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Amistad (1997) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 2:38)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Made by: DreamWorks
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Translated into 32 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/25/1998 (World premiere: 12/10/1997)
Appearing Characters: Joseph Cinqué, Roger Sherman Baldwin, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, John Forsyth, William S. Holabird, Lewis Tappan, Isabella II of Spain, Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano, James Covey, Richard Worsam Meade II, Andrew T. Judson, Charles Fitzgerald, John C. Calhoun, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Sr., Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara, Joseph Story
Screenwriter: David Franzoni
Film Editor: Michael Kahn
Director of Photography: Janusz Kamiński
Composer: John Williams
Performer: John Williams
Production Designer: Rick Carter
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"断锁怒潮"
Budget: 36,000,000 USD
Revenue: 44,229,441 USD (= 123%)

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