--- title: 'Elesin Oba, The King''s Horseman (2022)' type: 'film' director: 'Biyi Bandele' released: '2022-09-09' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Adventure' - 'History' countries: - 'Nigeria' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/elesin-oba-the-kings-horseman-2022' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15374214/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman (2022) 2022 · 96 min · Drama, Adventure, History · Nigeria Original title: Elesin Oba ## Synopsis Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman is a 2022 Yoruba-language Nigerian historical drama film directed by Biyi Bandele and distributed by Netflix, based on Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, a stage play he wrote while in Cambridge, where he was a fellow student at Churchill College during his political exile from Nigeria, and it is based on a real incident that took place in Yorubaland during British Colonial rule. The film stars Odunlade Adekola as the titular character, with Shaffy Bello, Brymo, Deyemi Okanlawon, Omowunmi Dada, Jide Kosoko, Langley Kirkwood, Joke Silva amongst others in supporting roles. ## Credits - **Director:** [Biyi Bandele](https://cinepixo.com/people/biyi-bandele) - **Screenplay:** [Biyi Bandele](https://cinepixo.com/people/biyi-bandele) ## Cast - [Fares Boulos](https://cinepixo.com/people/fares-boulos) - [Jide Kosoko](https://cinepixo.com/people/jide-kosoko) - [Drikus Volschenk](https://cinepixo.com/people/drikus-volschenk) - [Langley Kirkwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/langley-kirkwood) - [Jenny Stead](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-stead) - [Mark Elderkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-elderkin) - [Omowumi Dada](https://cinepixo.com/people/omowumi-dada) - [Deyemi Okanlawon](https://cinepixo.com/people/deyemi-okanlawon) - [Kelvin Ushi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelvin-ushi) - [Taiwo Ajai Lycett](https://cinepixo.com/people/taiwo-ajai-lycett) - [Shaffy Bello](https://cinepixo.com/people/shaffy-bello) - [Odunlade Jonathan Adekola](https://cinepixo.com/people/odunlade-jonathan-adekola) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/elesin-oba-the-kings-horseman-2022 Film facts: Wikidata (Q113540762); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.