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Tamango

  • 19581958
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 38m
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6.4/10
350
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Alex Cressan, Dorothy Dandridge, and Curd Jürgens in Tamango (1958)
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A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
350
YOUR RATING
    • John Berry
  • Writers
    • John Berry(screenplay)
    • Lee Gold(screenplay)
    • Tamara Hovey(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dorothy Dandridge
    • Curd Jürgens
    • Jean Servais
    • John Berry
  • Writers
    • John Berry(screenplay)
    • Lee Gold(screenplay)
    • Tamara Hovey(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dorothy Dandridge
    • Curd Jürgens
    • Jean Servais
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    • 15User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Alex Cressan and Dorothy Dandridge in Tamango (1958)
    Alex Cressan in Tamango (1958)
    Alex Cressan and Dorothy Dandridge in Tamango (1958)
    Alex Cressan in Tamango (1958)
    Dorothy Dandridge in Tamango (1958)
    Alex Cressan and Dorothy Dandridge in Tamango (1958)
    Alex Cressan, Dorothy Dandridge, and Curd Jürgens in Tamango (1958)
    Dorothy Dandridge in Tamango (1958)
    Alex Cressan in Tamango (1958)
    Alex Cressan, Curd Jürgens, and Jean Servais in Tamango (1958)
    Dorothy Dandridge and Curd Jürgens in Tamango (1958)
    Dorothy Dandridge and Curd Jürgens in Tamango (1958)

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    Dorothy Dandridge
    Dorothy Dandridge
    • Aiché, Reiker's Mistress
    Curd Jürgens
    Curd Jürgens
    • Captain John Reinker
    Jean Servais
    Jean Servais
    • Doctor Corot
    Alex Cressan
    Alex Cressan
    • Tamango
    Roger Hanin
    Roger Hanin
    • 1st Mate Bebe
    Guy Mairesse
    • Werner
    Julien Verdier
    Julien Verdier
    • Fernando
    René Hell
    René Hell
    Hassane Fall
    Hassane Fall
    Abesakar Samba
    Karamoko Cisse
      Samuel M'Bondi
      Douta Seck
      • Slave Warrior
      S. Damiz
      • Slave Bride
      • (as Bouraima Damiz)
      Gil Lator
      Eboué
        B. Vitalien
          Clément Harari
          Clément Harari
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            • John Berry
          • Writers
            • John Berry(screenplay)
            • Lee Gold(screenplay)
            • Tamara Hovey(screenplay)
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          • Trivia
            At initial release, depiction of interracial romance caused the film to be banned in the United States and in the French colonies.
          • Quotes

            Tamango: He will never make me a slave.

          • Connections
            Featured in Biography: Dorothy Dandridge: Little Girl Lost (1999)

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          7/10
          An interesting moment in film history
          Arguably more interesting as a social document and a step forward in mainstreams films dealing with race, than as a drama.

          On a slave ship carrying Africans from their homeland to slavery in the American south, a charismatic young warrior attempts to organize a revolt. Meanwhile, Dorothy Dandridge plays captain Curt Jurgens' mistress, featuring interracial kissing and sexuality at a time very few American films would go near the subject. Add in the complexity that Dandridge's subjugated Lucy is a far more empathetic figure than any white character, and that Tamango and his fellow captives are show to be in every way – morally, strategically as well as physically better than their white captors, and you have a film that was way ahead of it's time.

          That said there is odd flat quality in the drama and less than thrilling acting and film-making that keep the actual story from living up to it's potential. But it's still pretty involving, and worth seeing at least as a part of films' maturing around racial issues.

          Interestingly, blacklisted director John Berry, went on to direct another racially 'ahead of it's time' film; 1974's "Claudine", one of the first mainstream American films to try and intelligently deal with the struggles of poor urban African Americans without falling into exploitation, violence or cliché.
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            • January 24, 1958 (France)
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            • Italy
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          • Filming locations
            • Studios de la Victorine - 16 avenue Edoard Grinda, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
          • Production companies
            • CEI Incom
            • Da.Ma. Cinematografica
            • Les Films du Cyclope
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          • 1 hour 38 minutes

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