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IMDb rating 7.1
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Critic Simon Abrams
rated 5

These actors as good as their characters require them to be...

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic A.A. Dowd
rated 4

Elba may not look or sound much like Mandela, but he’s plenty convincing as someone who could inspire a nation...

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Angie Errigo
rated 6

Shouldering the role of Mandela requires presence, and Idris Elba certainly has that. The actor acquits himself very well...

Read full review at Empire
Critic Xan Brooks
rated 6

A diligent biopic of Nelson Mandela is lifted by a beautifully supple performance from Idris Elba.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Tt
rated 8

...är en mäktig film och en oavbrutet engagerande genväg till ett viktigt stycke modern afrikansk historia som alla bör känna till.

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter
Critic Jan-Olov Andersson
rated 4

På sitt sätt är det förstås en viktig film. Alla bör känna till Nelson Mandelas historia. Vem han var, vad han stod för, vad han åstadkom.

Read full review at Aftonbladet
Critic Niels Roe
rated 8

...en værdig film og værdifuldt dokument, som eftertiden kan vende blikket mod...

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Sophie Engberg Sonne
rated 7

...[Elba] tilfører en bredskuldret råstyrke til figuren, en fysik til at matche Mandelas åndelige storhed.

Read full review at Politiken

Cast & Crew

Justin Chadwick
Director
Idris Elba
As Nelson Mandela
Naomie Harris
As Winnie Madikizela
Deon Lotz
As Kobie Coetzee
Robert Hobbs
As Chief Warder
Albert Pretorius
As Policeman on Train
Gys de Villiers
As President de Klerk

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a biographical drama film that tells the story of Nelson Mandela's life journey, from his childhood in a rural village to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. The film is based on Mandela's autobiography of the same name and chronicles his early life, education, and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country after the apartheid era. The movie stars Idris Elba as Mandela and Naomie Harris as his wife Winnie. It was directed by Justin Chadwick and written by William Nicholson.

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