Directed by:
Mike LeighScreenplay:
Mike LeighCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Gary YershonCast:
Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, David Bamber, Tim McInnerny, Leo Bill, Karl Johnson, Nico Mirallegro, Teresa Mahoney, Alastair Mackenzie, Adam Long, Mark Ryan (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty. Many protestors were killed and hundreds more injured, sparking a nationwide outcry but also further government suppression. The Peterloo Massacre was a defining moment in British democracy which also played a significant role in the founding of The Guardian newspaper. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Rory Kinnear](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049846_52bd3c.jpg)
Rory Kinnear
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
The Imitation Game (2014)
![Maxine Peake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/317/317700_8c030a.jpg)
Maxine Peake
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
![David Bamber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/941/161941295_410f8e.jpg)
David Bamber
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Valkyrie (2008)
![Tim McInnerny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272622_fa824f.jpg)
Tim McInnerny
UK
Best movies:
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Race (2016)
![Leo Bill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/774/163774114_874d6d.jpg)
Leo Bill
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Vera Drake (2004)
The Fall (2006)
![Karl Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281299_e0a1bd.jpg)
Karl Johnson
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Nico Mirallegro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/338/159338828_6f8203.jpg)
Nico Mirallegro
UK
Best movies:
Murdered for Being Different (2017) (TV movie)
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Exile (2011) (series)
Teresa Mahoney
UK
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
![Alastair Mackenzie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/251/164251327_8e1e94.jpg)
Alastair Mackenzie
UK
Best movies:
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Outlaw King (2018)
![Adam Long](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162698_8fc972.jpg)
![Mark Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279674_213bdc.jpg)
Mark Ryan
UK
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (1983) (TV movie)
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
![Philip Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272122_d94b09.jpg)
Philip Jackson
UK
Best movies:
Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (1983) (TV movie)
The Best Offer (2013)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Kieran O'Brien
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Messiah (2001) (TV movie)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
![Lee Boardman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/756/162756863_6128f5.png)
Lee Boardman
UK
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Longford (2006) (TV movie)
Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) (TV movie)
![Patrick Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359188_d3e58f.jpg)
Patrick Kennedy
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Munich (2005)
A Good Year (2006)
![Michael Culkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886112_06f8f6.jpg)
Michael Culkin
UK
Best movies:
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Hours (2002)
Perfect Strangers (2001) (series)
Philip Martin Brown
UK
Best movies:
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Darkest Hour (2017)
![Marion Bailey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/974/163974999_9aa0f3.jpg)
Marion Bailey
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Allied (2016)
Pearce Quigley
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Born Equal (2006) (TV movie)
Eileen Davies
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
Vera Drake (2004)