

“Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget.”
The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
Directed by Michael Apted, Duncan Reid, James Clayton
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Released
February 23, 2007
1h 57m
English

Ioan Gruffudd
William Wilberforce

Romola Garai
Barbara Spooner

Ciarán Hinds
Lord Tarleton

Rufus Sewell
Thomas Clarkson

Youssou N'Dour
Olaudah Equiano

Benedict Cumberbatch
William Pitt

Nicholas Farrell
Henry Thornton

Stephen Campbell Moore
James Stephen

Toby Jones
Duke of Clarence

Bill Paterson
Lord Dundas

Michael Gambon
Lord Charles Fox

Albert Finney
John Newton

Sylvestra Le Touzel
Marianne Thornton

Jeremy Swift
Richard the Butler

Nicholas Day
Sir William Dolben

Georgie Glen
Hannah More

Nicholas Woodeson
Harrison

Tom Fisher
John Ramsay

Richard Ridings
Speaker of the House

David Hunt
Lord Camden