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King Leopold's Ghost

2006 · Movie · 102 min

6.2(6)unSUB Rating

Documentary

Beginning with King Leopold II of Belgium's avaricious rape of the country and tracing the impact of this often-forgotten crime through to the modern day, this immensely shocking doc is a heart-rending tale of a country destroyed by rapacious hands.

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Details
Years
2006
Release date
2006-05-28
Language
English
Runtime
102 min
TMDB rating (input)
8.0/10 (6 votes)

Themes

  • based on novel or book
  • congo
  • slavery
  • colony
  • based on true story
  • slave trade
  • democratic republic of the congo
  • documentary
  • belgian congo

Cast & crew

  • Don Cheadle

    Don Cheadle

    as Narrator (voice)

  • CR

    Ciaran Reilly

    as Roger Casement (voice)

  • Alfre Woodard

    Alfre Woodard

    as Ilanga (voice)

  • Philippe Bergeron

    Philippe Bergeron

  • James Cromwell

    James Cromwell

  • FM

    Frank McCourt

  • AH

    Adam Hochschild

    as Self

  • TW

    Tom Wright

    as Additional Narration

  • AD

    Annick DeVille

    as Self

  • JB

    Jean-Pierre Bemba

    as Self

Directed by Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees