---
title: 'Amazing Grace (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Apted'
released: '2006-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/amazing-grace-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454776/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Amazing Grace (2006)

2006 · 111 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Amazing Grace is a 2006 biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted, about the abolitionist campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the 1772 hymn "Amazing Grace". The film also recounts the experiences of John Newton as a captain of slave ships and subsequent Christian conversion, which inspired his writing of the poem later used in the hymn. Newton is portrayed as a major influence on Wilberforce and the abolition movement.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Apted](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-apted)
- **Screenplay:** [Steven Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-knight)
- **Producer:** [Terrence Malick](https://cinepixo.com/people/terrence-malick), [Patricia Heaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-heaton), [Edward R. Pressman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-r-pressman), [David Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hunt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Remi Adefarasin](https://cinepixo.com/people/remi-adefarasin)

## Cast

- [Jeremy Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-swift)
- [Hugh Allison](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-allison)
- [Nicholas Woodeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-woodeson)
- [Michael Gambon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gambon)
- [Stephen Campbell Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-campbell-moore)
- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch) as William Pitt the Younger
- [Youssou N’Dour](https://cinepixo.com/people/youssou-n-dour)
- [Bill Paterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-paterson)
- [Ciarán Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/ciaran-hinds)
- [Rufus Sewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rufus-sewell)
- [Ioan Gruffudd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ioan-gruffudd)
- [Romola Garai](https://cinepixo.com/people/romola-garai)
- [Toby Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-jones)
- [Sylvestra Le Touzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvestra-le-touzel)
- [Albert Finney](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-finney)

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Official site: https://www.walden.com/films/amazinggrace/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/amazing-grace-2006
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