The Great White of Lambarene

Apr 26, 1995

1h 34m

★ 5.0

Overview

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), the mission doctor, theologian and philosopher who founded a hospital in the rainforests of Gabon, achieved sainthood in his lifetime, at least in the popular imagination. The critical assessment of his life and works in recent years, however, has been slightly more ambivalent. Ba Kobhio Bassek is the first director to examine this medical missionary from a purely African point-of-view.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Ce.Na.Ci.

Chrysalide Film

CNC

Canal+

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Cast

Albert Schweitzer

André Wilms

Helene Schweitzer

Marisa Berenson

Koumba

Alex Descas

Ingrid

Élisabeth Bourgine

Le sorcier

Philippe Maury

Berta

Anne-Marie Pisani

Lambi

Marcel Mvondo

Bissa

Magaly Berdy

Lacaze

Michel Peyrelon

Trompette

Jérémie Ahouandjinou

Griot

Dine Alougbin

Le soldat français

Yves-Jacques Cabasso

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