Born a King. Genre: Drama, History. Director: Agustí Villaronga. Cast: Abdullah Ali, Hermione Corfield, Ed Skrein, Laurence Fox, James Fleet. Release Date: 2019-04-25. Runtime: 103 minutes. Rating: 7.4/10. A coming-of-age story set in 1919 about 14 year old Faisal, an Arab prince who is dispatched from the deserts of Arabia to London by his warrior father, Prince Abd Al-Aziz, on a high stakes diplomatic mission to secure the formation of his country.