Kingdom of Silence

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rick Rowley directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 6 years ago.
• 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 3Jamal Khashoggi and Nasser Faris carry the top of the cast.
• 4Marketing tagline: "The Exile and Murder of Jamal Khashoggi".
• 5IMDB entry: tt9561478 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

98 min · 1h 38m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Kingdom of Silence (2020) ↗

Also by

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• 
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  2021 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Black & Gold

  2001 · ★ 8.0
• 
  This Is What Democracy Looks Like

  2000 · ★ 7.3
• 
  The Fourth World War

  2003 · ★ 7.0
• 
  Dirty Wars

  2013 · ★ 7.0

Stills · wallpapers

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Kingdom of Silence (2020) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME Documentary Film

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  Jigsaw Productions

  US

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  Showtime Documentary Films

  US

Key crew

• ProducerSam Black
• Executive ProducerRichard Perello
• Executive ProducerLawrence Wright
• Executive ProducerAlex Gibney
• ProducerTrevor Davidoski
• Executive ProducerStacey Offman

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• saudi arabia
• jamal khashoggi
• washington post
• mbs
• mohammed bin salman
• saudi embassy

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2020-10-02· Showtime

Also known as

International titles

• House of SaudUS
• مملكة الصمتSA