Samuel Goldwyn Films debuted the official trailer for William Tell, Nick Hamm’s resistance epic medieval action-drama film starring Claes Bang (The Square, Dracula), Connor Swindells (Barbie, Sex Education, Emma), Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson, Extraction), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Ellie Bamber (Moss & Freud, Nocturnal Animals), Rafe Spall (Life of Pi, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Big Short) and Emily Beecham (The Interpreter, Little Joe), with Academy-Award winner Ben Kingsley and Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Game of Thrones, The Age of Innocence, The Wife).

Written and directed by Nick Hamm, William Tell premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters on April 4, 2025 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Inspired by the legendary tale, Claes Bang takes on the role of William Tell, a noble huntsman whose peaceful life is shattered when the ruthless Austrian Empire invades his homeland of Switzerland. Unwilling to bend the knee before his country’s oppressors, William Tell is thrust into a perilous trial, one that draws him and his family into the epicenter of a revolution that will shape the destiny of his nation.

Nick Hamm is a BAFTA-award winning director who began his career as resident director for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has directed highly successful feature films for Miramax, Film 4, Pathé and Lionsgate. His track records include Driven, which was selected as the closing film at the Venice Film Festival, Netflix’s White Lines and The Journey which premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. The film is produced by Piers Tempest (The Wife, Emily) and Marie-Christine Jaeger-Firmenich (Gigi & Nate).

Watch the official trailer for William Tell.