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Lumumba

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 Belgian 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.

Release Date : 2000-05-13

Language :FrenchEnglishLingala

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : JBA ProductionRTBFEntre Chien et LoupEssential FilmproduktionARTE France CinémaVelvet FilmZDF/ArteCanal+VRTCofimage 10EurimagesCNCCentre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de BelgiqueFondation GAN pour le CinémaMinistère des Affaires ÉtrangèresCirta Films

Production Country : BelgiumFranceGermanyHaiti

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Cast

Character Name : Patrice Émery Lumumba

Original Name : Ériq Ebouaney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joseph Mobutu

Original Name : Alex Descas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maurice Mpolo

Original Name : Théophile Sowié

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joseph Kasa Vubu

Original Name : Maka Kotto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Godefroid Munungo

Original Name : Dieudonné Kabongo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moïse Tshombe

Original Name : Pascal N'Zonzi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joseph Okito

Original Name : Cheik Doukouré

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomas Kanza

Original Name : Makena Diop

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pauline Lumumba

Original Name : Mariam Kaba

Gender : Female

Character Name : Général Emile Janssens

Original Name : Rudi Delhem

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch

Original Name : André Debaar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le maître d'hôtel

Original Name : Francis Adam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baudoin

Original Name : Olivier Bony

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le pilote du Dakota

Original Name : Alain Bouillé

Gender : Male

Character Name : Belgian soldier

Original Name : Pavel Dobrovsky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helene Bijou

Original Name : Mata Gabin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Belgian visa officer

Original Name : Michael Hofland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un ministre

Original Name : Edgar Henri Mato

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Carlucci

Original Name : Den Thatcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juliana Lumumba

Original Name : Grace Ndala

Gender : Male

Character Name : Van Den Bosch

Original Name : Christian Crahay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Timberlake

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seulemane

Original Name : Pierre Geranio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Politician

Original Name : Philippe Drecq

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attacked Minister

Original Name : Simon Shumba

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Director

Original Name : Jean-Henri Compère

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brussels Journalist

Original Name : Renaud Rutten

Gender : Male

Character Name : ABAKO Delegate

Original Name : Christian Julien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man On Bicycle

Original Name : Charles Mucheriwa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baluba Soldier

Original Name : Taurai Kawara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Brower

Original Name : Paul Tingay

Gender : Male

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