Top billed cast

1. 

   Mark Rylance

   The Magistrate

2. 

   Johnny Depp

   Colonel Joll

3. 

   Robert Pattinson

   Officer Mandel

4. 

   Gana Bayarsaikhan

   The Girl

5. 

   Greta Scacchi

   Mai

6. 

   David Dencik

   The Clerk

7. 

   Sam Reid

   The Lieutenant

8. 

   Harry Melling

   Garrison Soldier #4

9. 

   Bill Milner

   Garrison Soldier #5

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023

Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-08-25

In Waiting for the Barbarians' Colonel Joll, Johnny Depp has crafted a great movie villain. I would describe him as either a colonial Darth Vader or a proto-Nazi – and concerning the latter, the character is a textbook illustration of Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil;' perfectly circumspect, not a single hair out of place, not a single wasted motion.

Depp plays the Colonel inwardly; his eyes invariably covered by round dark glasses, his face an inscrutable waxen death mask, his demeanor cold and calculating – of Captain Jack Sparrow's drunken buffoonery and shameful overacting not the ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$761,361.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• colony
• torture
• desert
• colonization
• east asia