Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians

Drama 2020 1 hr 53 min

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The Magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll, whose task it is to report on the activities of the "barbarians" and the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.

Drama 2020 1 hr 53 min

Unrated

Starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson

Director Ciro Guerra

Waiting for the Barbarians

Mark Rylance

The Judge
Johnny Depp

Colonel Joll
Robert Pattinson

Officer Mandel
Greta Scacchi

Mai
David Dencik

Servant

About

Waiting for the Barbarians

DRAMA

The Magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll, whose task it is to report on the activities of the "barbarians" and the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.

Uneven but powerful war drama has gory violence.

Average 6.1
Reviews 95
Fresh 51
Rotten 44

Information

Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Released: 2020
Run Time: 1 hr 53 min
Rated: Unrated
Regions of Origin: United States, Italy

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.