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King Leopold's Ghost

Release Date:May 28, 2006

Running Time:102 min

Genres:History, Documentary

Directors

Cast

Don Cheadle Ciaran Reilly Alfre Woodard Philippe Bergeron James Cromwell Frank McCourt Adam Hochschild Tom Wright Annick DeVille Jean-Pierre Bemba James Newman Mbaya Mpoyi

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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