Summary:
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgium overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
| Runtime: | 115 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Canal+ |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, History, War |
| Countries: | Germany, France, Belgium, Haiti |
| Languages: | French, Lingala |
| Home Release Date: | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Raoul Peck | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Dan Edelstein | Writer |
| Pascal Bonitzer | Writer |
| Raoul Peck | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alex Descas | Joseph Mobutu |
| Eriq Ebouaney |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alain Bouillé | Le Pilote Du Dakota |
| André Debaar | Walter J. Ganshof Van Der Meersch |
| Cheik Doukouré | Joseph Okito |
| Dieudonné Kabongo | Godefroid Munungo |
| Edgar Henri Mato | Un Ministre |
| Francis Adam | |
| Maka Kotto | Joseph Kasa Vubu |
| Makena Diop | Thomas Kanza |
| Mariam Kaba | Pauline Lumumba |
| Mata Gabin | Helene Bijou |
| Pascal N'Zonzi | |
| Rudi Delhem | |
| Théophile Sowié | Maurice Mpolo |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Arlette Zylberberg | Associate Producer |
| Diana Elbaum | Associate Producer |
| Georges Goldenstern | Associate Producer |
| Jacques Bidou | Producer |
| Philippe Bober | Associate Producer |
| Raoul Peck | Producer |
| Richard Boidin | Associate Producer |
| Shelby Stone | Producer: HBO |
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