Black '47

Black '47 (2018)

15
28/09/2018 (GB)
Drama
1h 40m

In Ireland’s darkest hour vengeance shines a light

Overview

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.

  • Lance DalyDirector, Writer
  • P.J. DillonWriter
  • Pierce RyanWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • desertion
  • famine
  • revenge
  • murder
  • tenant
  • severed head
  • poverty
  • genocide
  • ireland
  • firing squad
  • bad landlord
  • landlord tenant relationship
  • starvation
  • 19th century
  • manhunt
  • army veteran
  • british occupation
  • connemara
  • irish great potato famine (1845-52)
  • 1840s
  • irish
  • british crimes
  • crime by the english

Top Billed Cast

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

Hannah

James Frecheville

James Frecheville

Feeney

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

Conneely

Freddie Fox

Freddie Fox

Pope

Barry Keoghan

Barry Keoghan

Hobson

Moe Dunford

Moe Dunford

Fitzgibbon

Sarah Greene

Sarah Greene

Ellie

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Lord Kilmichael

Dermot Crowley

Dermot Crowley

Bolton

Ruairí Heading

Ruairí Heading

Coyne

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