Tamango
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Production year1957
French release24/01/1958
Runtime1 h 38 min
Synopsis
John Reinke, the Dutch captain of a slave ship, is carrying a live cargo of slaves from Africa to Cuba in the 1800s. He has his mistress and servant-slave, Aiche, , on the ship, and the ships doctor, Corot, has his eye on Aiche. The slaves, under the leadership of warrior Tamango, plot a revolt, the moment they are herded on board. Corot convinces Aiche that Reinke never intends to marry her or set her free, and is going to marry a Dutch girl. Aiche joins with Tamango in the revolt. When the situation becomes a stalemate, Reinke orders a cannon fired into the hold of the ship, where the blacks are barricaded with stolen arms.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Cyclope
- Foreign production companies : Da Ma Produzione, CEI INcom
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Discifilm
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Roland Girard
- Adaptation : Lee Gold, Tamara Hovey, John Berry
- Dialogue Writer : Georges Neveux
- Director of Photography : Edmond Séchan
- Music Composer : Joseph Kosma
- Assistant Director : Marc Maurette
- Editor : Roger Dwyre
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Calvet
- Costume designer : Georges Wakhevitch
- Foreign Producer : Marcello Danon
- Author of original work : Prosper Mérimée
- Production Manager : René-Gaston Vuattoux
- Production Designer : Max Douy
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Adventure, Literary adaptation
- Themes : Racial discrimination, Exile
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
