Project Detail

Imperium

Synopsis

Imperium depicts the rise of two friends from small time hustlers to big time heroin smugglers, set against the backdrop of the East End of London; it portrays their relationship as takes on the seedy world of the London underworld.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of film: Features
Running time: 109 mins
Format: HD
Director: Jameal Ali
Producer: Shakeel Mohammed, Jameal Ali
Editor: Hafizur Rahman Koyes
Screenwriter: Jameal Ali
Director of Photography: Hafizur Rahman Koyes
Production Designer: Jennifer Sunley
Sound: Ovi Akpojotor
Composer: K5 Records
Principal cast: Sojib Khan, Katie Drews, Jameal Ali, Arabella Lienfields

Genre

Action Asian Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ali Entertainment

7 Westport Street
London E1 0RA
UK

T +44 (0)844 357 7525

office@alientertainment.co.uk

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