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  Steven Spielberg

  regizor

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  Morgan Freeman

  Theodore Joadson
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  Djimon Hounsou

  Cinque
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  Anna Paquin

  regina Isabella
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  Paul Guilfoyle

  Avocat
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  Nigel Hawthorne

  Martin Van Buren
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  Anthony Hopkins

  John Quincy Adams
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  Matthew McConaughey

  Roger Sherman Baldwin

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  Stellan Skarsgård

  Lewis Tappan
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  Rusty Schwimmer

  Dna. Pendleton
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  Allan Rich

  Judge Juttson
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  KimStacy Carter

  Tecora Slave
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  Ralph Brown

  Lt. Gedney
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  David Paymer

  Secretary of State John Forsyth
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  Xander Berkeley

  Hammond

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  Harry Groener

  Tecora Captain
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  Daniel von Bargen

  Warden Pendleton
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  Michael Massee

  Gardian
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  Razaaq Adoti

  Yamba
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  Peter Firth

  Capt. Fitzgerald
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  Jeremy Northam

  Judge Coglin
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  Jake Weber

  Mr. Wright
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  Pete Postlethwaite

  Holabird
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  Gerald R. Molen

  Magistrate
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  Kevin J. O'Connor

  Missionary
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  Austin Pendleton

  Professor Gibbs
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  Hawthorne James

  Creole Cook
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  Roy Cooper

  Pickney
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  Arliss Howard

  John C. Calhoun
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  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Ens. Covey
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  Darren E. Burrows

  Lt. Meade
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  Michael Riley

  British Officer
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  Willie Amakye

  Folowa - Amistad African
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  Castulo Guerra

  Spanish Priest
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  Geno Silva

  Ruiz
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  George Gerdes

  Marshal
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  Tomas Milian

  Calderon
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  Frank T. Wells

  Crier
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  John Ortiz

  Montes
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  Derrick N. Ashong

  Buakei
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  Abu Bakaar Fofanah

  Fala

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  Janusz Kaminski

  imagine
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  Laurie MacDonald

  producător executiv
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  John Williams

  coloană sonoră
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  Bonnie Curtis

  Producator asociat
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  Richard Carter

  scenografie