A Hologram for the King

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

Keywords

  • Awarded comedies
  • Best Novels Adaptation (home)
  • Feel Good Movies
  • Tom Hanks

Actors

  • Tom Hanks
  • Sarita Choudhury
  • Alexander Black
  • Sidse Babett Knudsen

Director

  • Tom Tykwer

Comedy


1h 38min


-12

EN


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United States
2016
A businessman tries to avoid bankruptcy by travelling to Saudi Arabia to sell his idea to a powerful monarch.

A businessman tries to avoid bankruptcy by travelling to Saudi Arabia to sell his idea to a powerful monarch.


Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

Cast & Crew