Edge of the World

"The true story that inspired The Man Who Would Be King"

Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.

Director: Michael Haussman

Cast

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Sir James Brooke

Josie Ho

Madame Lim

Dominic Monaghan

Crookshank

Hannah New

Elizabeth Crookshank

Ralph Ineson

Sir Edward Beech

Bront Palarae

Pengiran Indera Mahkota

Shaheizy Sam

Subu

Rahim Razali

Sultan of Brunei