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Blood Diamond 2006 Directed by Edward Zwick

It will cost you everything.

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Country USA
Production Countries Germany , USA
Language English
Spoken Languages Afrikaans , English
Budget $100,000,000
Revenue $171,700,000
Release Date 8 December 2006
143 mins
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio Danny Archer
Djimon Hounsou Solomon Vandy
Jennifer Connelly Maddy Bowen
Kagiso Kuypers Dia Vandy
Arnold Vosloo Colonel Coetzee
Antony Coleman Cordell Brown
Benu Mabhena Jassie Vandy
Anointing Lukola N'Yanda Vandy
David Harewood Captain Poison
Basil Wallace Benjamin Kapanay
Marius Weyers Van De Kaap
Stephen Collins Ambassador Walker
Ato Essandoh Commander Rambo
David S. Lee Cockney Journalist
Percy Matsemela Commander Zero
Klemens Becker German Minister
Grant Swanby UNCHR Official
Adetokumboh M'Cormack R.U.F. Trainer
Tyrone Keogh SA Page
Zenzo Ngqobe Rebel 3
Vanessa Haywood Diplomat's Wife (uncredited)