A United Kingdom

6.7

United Kingdom

Drama History

111 min

2016

Merveille Lukeba Ray Burnet Anton Lesser Michael Howe Donald Molosi Julian Firth Duncan Wisbey Rupert Vansittart James Northcote Kevin Hand Femi Ogunbanjo Paul Putner Will Featherstone Danny Babington Dave Perry Craig Whittaker Dean Roberts David Oyelowo Billy Boyle Nicholas Rowe Zackary Momoh Jack Lowden Abena Ayivor Theo Landey Charlotte Hope Anastasia Hille Nicholas Lyndhurst Vusi Kunene Jessica Oyelowo Laura Carmichael Jack Davenport Tom Felton Rosamund Pike

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.