- BFI identifierN-140967
- Date2013 (Copyright)
2014-01-10 (Release) - Production countryUSA, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisBiographical/Historical Drama. Solomon, an accomplished violinist living as a free man in New York is tricked into joining a travelling show and is then brutally abducted and sold as a slave. His comparatively benevolent first owner Ford sells him to the abusive and demented plantation owner Epps, who subjects Solomon and his fellow slaves to escalating bouts of violence. (Synopsis)
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- CategoryFiction
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- Credits
- CastChiwetel Ejiofor (Solomon Northup)
Michael Fassbender (Mr Epps)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Ford)
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