The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
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7.2/10
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- Director
- Writers
- Pascal Bonitzer
- Dan Edelstein(English dubbed version)
- Raoul Peck
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Pascal Bonitzer
- Dan Edelstein(English dubbed version)
- Raoul Peck
- Stars
- Awards
- 3 wins & 8 nominations
Théophile Sowié
- Maurice Mpolo
- (as Théophile Moussa Sowie)
Makena Diop
- Thomas Kanza
- (as Oumar Diop Makena)
- Director
- Writers
- Pascal Bonitzer
- Dan Edelstein(English dubbed version)
- Raoul Peck
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaRaoul Peck had already made a film about Lumumba in 1992: "Lumumba, la mort du prophète", but it was a documentary.
- GoofsDuring a scene when Lumumba arrived at Brussels airport for round-table conference, an Airbus A300 and Lockheed C-141 Starlifter can be clearly seen. Both Airbus A300 and Lockheed C-141 Starlifter had not yet enter into service and fly at that time during the event on the film which took place in 1960. Airbus A300 made its first flight was on 28 October 1972, twelve years after the event on the movie took place and Lockheed C-141 Starlifter made its first flight on 17 December 1963, three years after the event on the movie took place.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Patrice Émery Lumumba: [voice over narration] You never knew about that night in Katanga. No one was to know.
- Alternate versionsFrank Carlucci, who was second secretary at the U.S. embassy in the Congo at the time of Lumumba's assassination, is portrayed in one scene discussing the murder with U.S. Ambassador Clare Timberlake and several Belgian and Congolese officials. Carlucci threatened to sue U.S. distributor Zeitgeist Films if his name was not removed from the movie. Zeitgeist was too small to fight any potential lawsuit, so all non-theatrical U.S. releases of the film (including the version shown on HBO and potential VHS and DVD releases) have Carlucci's name bleeped from the dialogue and masked in the closing credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Exterminate All the Brutes: Who the F*** is Columbus? (2021)
Featured review
A must see film. Excellent drama with historical backing
This movie is the best movie I have seen in a long time. It is also the best movie seen that uses a drama to tell history, without going to speculation such as with JFK,Nixon or Hoffa. It deftly depicts the clutches that Belgium had on the Congo. It also teases out easily for us the European and American forces that were behind the power the inflict the Congo today. The film was sure to specifically implicate the U.S., rightly so, in the murder of Lumumba. This film could never be made in the U.S. for U.S. film rarely criticizes itself in acts of imperialism and murder. (Save Stone's JFK) It also lets us in on the problems that were present with the inner conflict of the Congo, between Lumumba, Mobutu and Katanga. We can see how precarious countries sit in establishing new governments when their history is one of colonization and those who were the colonizers continue to pull the strings of power and force. The film is excellently shot with Eriq Ebouaney an excellent Lumumba. The cast is great and they really draw you into the feeling of the climate in the Congo during that time.
Again, this is a must see for those who love drama with a correct historical background. See my notes on Quilombo.
Again, this is a must see for those who love drama with a correct historical background. See my notes on Quilombo.
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- Anyanwu
- Feb 18, 2001
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $352,296
- Gross worldwide
- $352,296
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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