The Mauritanian
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
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Cast
18 people
Tahar Rahim
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Known for
A Prophet
Napoleon
Jodie Foster
Nancy Hollander
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
Taxi Driver
Benedict Cumberbatch
Lt. Stuart Couch
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Doctor Strange
The Imitation Game
Shailene Woodley
Teri Duncan
Known for
Divergent
The Fault in Our Stars
Zachary Levi
Neil Buckland
Known for
Shazam!
Tangled
Langley Kirkwood
Sergeant Sands
Known for
Warrior
Dredd
Saamer Usmani
Arjun
Known for
3 Body Problem
Inventing Anna
Corey Johnson
Bill Seidel
Known for
The Day of the Jackal
Ex Machina
Matthew Marsh
General Miller
Known for
Spy Game
Taboo
David Fynn
Kent
Known for
Avenue 5
Sherlock
André Jacobs
Judge Robertson
Known for
Black Sails
Black Venus
Meena Rayann
Wafa
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Warrior Nun
One More Shot
Kevin Macdonald Director · Michael Bronner Screenplay Sohrab Noshirvani Screenplay
Worldwide gross $7.5M · United States release February 12, 2021 · Produced in United States, United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$7,527,030
Production
30WEST
Production
Topic Studios
Production
STXfilms
Production
SunnyMarch
Production
BBC Film
Production · Studio
Shadowplay Features
Production
Wonder Street
Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · German
Release dates
United States · February 12, 2021
Theatrical
United States · March 2, 2021
Digital
Australia
March 24, 2021 · Digital · Internet
Brazil
May 13, 2021 · Digital · VOD
Canada
March 2, 2021 · Digital
May 11, 2021 · Physical
September 11, 2021 · TV · Super Écran
Denmark
April 24, 2021 · Premiere
France
July 14, 2021 · Theatrical · Metropolitan FilmExport
November 16, 2021 · Digital · VOD
November 22, 2021 · Physical · DVD, Blu-Ray & 4K UHD
August 15, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Frisson
October 11, 2026 · TV · France 2
Germany
June 9, 2021 · Premiere · Berlinale Summer Special
June 24, 2021 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
May 13, 2021 · Theatrical
Iceland
March 12, 2021
Ireland
April 1, 2021 · Digital
Japan
October 29, 2021 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 18, 2021 · Theatrical
Poland
March 25, 2021 · Digital
Portugal
March 18, 2021
Russia
February 18, 2021 · Theatrical
Slovakia
November 29, 2024 · Digital · VOYO
South Korea
March 17, 2021 · Theatrical
Spain
March 19, 2021 · Theatrical
March 19, 2021 · Digital
July 21, 2021 · Physical
Switzerland
June 24, 2021 · Digital
Türkiye
April 9, 2021
Ukraine
February 18, 2021 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 1, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video
Vietnam
May 7, 2021 · Theatrical
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