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Waiting for the barbarians  Cover Image DVD DVD

Waiting for the barbarians

Fitzgerald, Michael (Producer), (film producer.). Segura, Olga, 1986- (film producer.). Iervolino, Andrea, (film producer.). Bacardi, Monika, 1968- (film producer.). Coetzee, J. M., 1940- (screenwriter.). Guerra, Ciro, 1981- (film director.). Rylance, Mark, (actor.). Depp, Johnny, (actor.). Pattinson, Robert, 1986- (actor.). Scacchi, Greta, (actor.). Coetzee, J. M., 1940- Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Waiting for the barbarians. (Added Author). Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm), (publisher.). Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid. (Cast).

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  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Samuel Goldwyn Films, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by J.M. Coetzee.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Wide screen.
Participant or Performer Note: Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, wide screen, 5.1 Dolby digital, stereo, region 1.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Title from disc surface.
Subject: Border security
Border security Drama
Film adaptations
Africa Drama
Colonial administrators Drama
Genre: Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Hanover Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Howe Library DVD FIC WAI 31254003680036 Upper level Available -

Summary: 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.

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