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Amistad
Amistad
, 1997USA / History, Mystery, Drama / 18+
Synopsis
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
Cast
Stellan Skarsgard
Tappan
Anthony Hopkins
John Quincy Adams
Peter Firth
Nigel Hawthorne
Martin Van Buren
David Paymer
Secretary John Forsyth
Morgan Freeman
Theodore Joadson
Matthew McConaughey
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Pete Postlethwaite
Holabird
Allan Rich
Darren E. Burrows
Film details
Country
USA
Runtime
2 hours 32 minutes
Production year
1997
World premiere
4 December 1997
Release date
| 4 December 1997 | Russia | 16+ | |
| 12 March 1998 | Argentina | ||
| 19 February 1998 | Australia | ||
| 25 February 1998 | Belgium | ||
| 20 February 1998 | Brazil | ||
| 26 February 1998 | Czechia | 12+ | |
| 27 February 1998 | Denmark | ||
| 6 March 1998 | Finland | ||
| 25 February 1998 | France | ||
| 25 February 1998 | Germany | ||
| 27 February 1998 | Great Britain | ||
| 19 February 1998 | Hong Kong | ||
| 5 March 1998 | Hungary | ||
| 6 March 1998 | Iceland | ||
| 27 February 1998 | Ireland | ||
| 13 March 1998 | Italy | ||
| 28 February 1998 | Japan | ||
| 4 December 1997 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 27 April 1998 | Kuwait | ||
| 6 March 1998 | Mexico | ||
| 5 March 1998 | Netherlands | ||
| 27 February 1998 | Norway | ||
| 27 February 1998 | Peru | ||
| 18 March 1998 | Philippines | ||
| 27 February 1998 | Poland | ||
| 13 March 1998 | Portugal | ||
| 2 April 1998 | Singapore | ||
| 26 February 1998 | Slovakia | ||
| 12 March 1998 | Slovenia | ||
| 14 February 1998 | South Korea | ||
| 20 February 1998 | Spain | ||
| 13 March 1998 | Sweden | ||
| 25 February 2018 | Switzerland | ||
| 20 March 1998 | Thailand | ||
| 27 February 1998 | Turkey | ||
| 25 December 1997 | USA | ||
| 4 December 1997 | Ukraine | ||
| 22 May 1998 | Uruguay |
MPAA
R
Budget
$36,000,000
Worldwide Gross
$44,229,441
Production
Dreamworks Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO), Amblin Entertainment
Also known as
Amistad, Амистад, Amistad - Das Sklavenschiff, Amistadas, Chuyến Tàu Nô Lệ, Амістад, アミスタッド, 勇者無懼, 断锁怒潮
Updated 22 July 2026
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Quotes
John Quincy Adams
[to the Court]
This man is black. We can all see that. But can we also see as easily that which is equally true: that he is the only true hero in this room? Now, if he were white, he wouldn't be standing before this court fighting for his life. If he were white and his enslavers were British, he wouldn't be standing, so heavy the weight of the medals and honors we would bestow upon him. Songs would be written about him. The great authors of our times would fill books about him. His story would be told and retold, in our classrooms. Our children, because we would make sure of it, would know his name as well as they know Patrick Henry's. Yet, if the South is right, what are we to do with that embarrassing, annoying document, The Declaration of Independence? What of its conceits? "All men created equal," "inalienable rights," "life, liberty," and so on and so forth? What on Earth are we to do with this? I have a modest suggestion.
[tears papers in half]
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