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River Queen

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An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2005-09-12

Runtime: 114 mins

Director: Vincent Ward

Writer: Vincent Ward, Shane Connaughton, Toa Fraser

Spoken language: Deutsch, English

Genres: Adventure, War

Original title: River Queen

Production Companies: Silverscreen Films, The Film Consortium, Endgame Entertainment, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, UK Film Council, Capitol Films, Wayward Films, Australian Film Commission

Production Countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America

Cast

Samantha Morton

Kiefer Sutherland

Cliff Curtis

Stephen Rea

Temuera Morrison

Wi Kuki Kaa

Anton Lesser

Mark Ruka

Te Kai Po Lead Warrior

Barry Te Hira

Rawiri Pene

Mikaila Hutchinson

Tyson Reweti

Grayson Putu

Nathan Passfield

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