Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 · Movie · PG-13 · 141 min · ★ 6.9 · 61% critics
This biographical drama follows a South African activist’s journey from a rural childhood to becoming a leading voice against apartheid, tracing personal sacrifices, family strain, and years of imprisonment along the way. As the struggle intensifies, the story explores the difficult choices between confrontation and reconciliation on the road to a new democracy.
Based on Long Walk to Freedom
Also known as Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-11-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (574 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an accessible, emotionally driven true-story biography about leadership under oppression and the personal costs of activism; Not for you if you dislike long, episodic biopics or heavy injustice themes like in Snowden.
Pros: strong lead performance; powerful historical context; emotional prison chapters | Cons: rushed life overview; thin supporting characters; uneven pacing jumps
Themes
- prison
- south africa
- apartheid
- biography
- nelson mandela
- historical figure
Cast & crew
Idris Elba
as Nelson Mandela
Naomie Harris
as Winnie Madikizela
Tony Kgoroge
as Walter Sisulu
Riaad Moosa
as Ahmed Kathrada
Fana Mokoena
as Govan Mbeki
Robert Hobbs
as Chief Warder
Jamie Bartlett
as James Gregory
Lindiwe Matshikiza
as Zindzi Mandela
Terry Pheto
as Evelyn Mase
Deon Lotz
as Kobie Coetzee
Directed by Justin Chadwick