Lumumba
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The rise and brutal assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Congo's first democratically elected leader, betrayed by allies, Western powers, and his own administration.
Why watch: Peck shot in Zimbabwe because war made the real Congo too dangerous. Premiered at Cannes.
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Cast
Ériq Ebouaney as Patrice Émery Lumumba
Alex Descas as Joseph Mobutu
Théophile Sowié as Maurice Mpolo
Maka Kotto as Joseph Kasa Vubu
Dieudonné Kabongo as Godefroid Munungo
Pascal N'Zonzi as Moïse Tshombe
Cheik Doukouré as Joseph Okito
Makena Diop as Thomas Kanza
Mariam Kaba as Pauline Lumumba
Rudi Delhem as Général Emile Janssens
André Debaar as Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch
Francis Adam as Le maître d'hôtel
Olivier Bony as Baudoin
Alain Bouillé as Le pilote du Dakota
Pavel Dobrovsky as Belgian soldier
Crew
Raoul Peck — Director
Dan Edelstein — Writer
Raoul Peck — Writer
Pascal Bonitzer — Writer
Jacques Bidou — Producer
Sylvie Brocheré — Casting
Evy Figliolini — Casting
Patrick Hella — Casting
Simon Shumba — Casting
Bernard Lutic — Director of Photography
Jacques Comets — Editor
Denis Renault — Production Design
André Fonsny — Art Direction
Carine Tredgold — Art Direction
Charlotte David — Costume Design
Jean-Claude Petit — Original Music Composer
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