Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman cast: Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Olawale-Brymo Olofooro. Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman Release Date: 4 November 2022 (Netflix). Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman Director: Biyi Bandele. Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman is looking full of Adventure, Drama, History. The film, helmed by Biyi Bandele and an adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s screenplay from 1975 called “Death and King’s Horsemen.” Based on actual historical events.
Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman is a Nigerian Adventure-Drama movie (2022). Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Olawale-Brymo Olofooro are the main cast of Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman (2022). The film is also starring Shaffy Bello in the role of Iyaloja Olawale Oloforoo (Brymo) as well as veterans Jide Kosoko, and Kevin Ushi, with guest appearances from Nollywood, stars Taiwo Ajai-Lycett as well as Ajoke Silva. Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman will be released on Netflix on 4 November 2022.
Based on real-life incidents, during the Oyo Empire in the 1940s, Elesin Oba, the King’s most powerful horseman, gives in to the temptation of beauty and desires on the night that he’s destined in order to repay his ritual suicide obligation for the rest of his life. To accompany the deceased Alaafin to the land of the ancestral spirits and he sabotages a crucial spiritual and generational transaction. This causes the course of events that will have catastrophic consequences.
Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman Plot:
When the king dies the horseman is required to sacrifice himself to serve his king in the next life, but sudden interruptions can lead to a tragic accident.
Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman Detail:
Movie: Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman (2022)
Network: Netflix
Director: Biyi Bandele
Writer: Biyi Bandele
Main Stars: Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Olawale-Brymo Olofooro
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Nigeria
Languages: Yoruba, English
Release Date: 4 November 2022 (Netflix)
Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
Filming locations: Oyo, Nigeria
Also known As: Koniuszy królewski, Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman, Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman Movie, Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman (2022)
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Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman Cast:
Odunlade Adekola As Elesin
ShShaffy Bello As Iyaloja
Olawale-Brymo Olofooro As Praise Singer
Deyemi Okanlawon As Olunde
Omowunmi Dada As Bride
Jide Kosoko As Sergeant Amusa
Mark Elderkin As Simon
Jenny Stead As Jane
Langley Kirkwood As Resident
Fares Boulos As Aide De Camp
Kelvin Ushi As Joseph
Drikus Volschenk As The Prince
Taiwo Ajai-Lycett As Madam Taiwo
Ajoke Silva As Madam Bola
But his best intentions are foiled due to his sexual desires which lead to disastrous outcomes and a tense confrontation with the British leaders of the day. Incapable of fulfilling his most important obligation to the king the Horseman is forced to abandon his soul to wander the earth which spells the end of the nation and its inhabitants. The film is inspired by the stage production Death and the King’s Horseman composed by Wole Soyinka, who won the first African Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.
