Movie Description
Lumumba
(2000)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Raoul Peck
- Producer : Jacques Bidou
- Writer : Dan Edelstein,Raoul Peck,Pascal Bonitzer
- Editor : Jacques Comets
- Cast : Ériq Ebouaney,Alex Descas,Théophile Sowié,Maka Kotto,Dieudonné Kabongo,Pascal N'Zonzi,Cheik Doukouré,Makena Diop,Mariam Kaba,Rudi Delhem,André Debaar,Francis Adam,Olivier Bony,Alain Bouillé,Pavel Dobrovsky,Mata Gabin,Michael Hofland,Edgar Henri Mato,Den Thatcher,Grace Ndala,Christian Crahay,Jean-Pierre Stewart,Pierre Geranio,Philippe Drecq,Simon Shumba,Jean-Henri Compère,Renaud Rutten,Christian Julien,Charles Mucheriwa,Taurai Kawara,Paul Tingay
Cast
Patrice Émery Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Maurice Mpolo
Joseph Kasa Vubu
Godefroid Munungo
Moïse Tshombe
Joseph Okito
Thomas Kanza
Pauline Lumumba
Général Emile Janssens
Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch
Le maître d'hôtel
Baudoin
Le pilote du Dakota
Belgian soldier
Helene Bijou
Belgian visa officer
Un ministre
Frank Carlucci
Juliana Lumumba
Van Den Bosch
Timberlake
Seulemane
Politician
Attacked Minister
Prison Director
Brussels Journalist
ABAKO Delegate
Man On Bicycle
Baluba Soldier
Doctor Brower
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Facts
Original TitleLumumba
Status Released
Release Information
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2000-05-13
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 55m
Production CompaniesJBA Production,RTBF,Entre Chien et Loup,Essential Filmproduktion,ARTE France Cinéma,Velvet Film,ZDF/Arte,Canal+,VRT,Cofimage 10,Eurimages,CNC,Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique,Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma,Ministère des Affaires Étrangères,Cirta Films
Genres
- Drama
- History
