King Leopold's Ghost (2006)
The unbelievable story of Congo's brutal history with its Belgian colonizers
The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King Leopold II of Belgium (1935-1909) turned a vast country into his private estate (1885-1908) and how he plundered the land and raped the bodies and souls of its defenceless inhabitants, causing countless victims; and what exactly is the true impact of this often forgotten story of crime and horror today.
- Date of release
- 2006-05-28
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees
Casting
- Don Cheadle — Narrator (voice)
- Ciaran Reilly — Roger Casement (voice)
- Alfre Woodard — Ilanga (voice)
- Philippe Bergeron
- James Cromwell
- Frank McCourt
- Adam Hochschild — Self
- Tom Wright — Additional Narration
- Annick DeVille — Self
- Jean-Pierre Bemba — Self
- James Newman — Self
- Mbaya Mpoyi — Self
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