Tamango (1958)

Directed by

John Berry

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A slave ship travels from Africa to Cuba in the 19th century. The film follows the crew, the enslaved people, and an uprising that occurs during the voyage.

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What happens

Tamango is a 1958 French/Italian film directed by John Berry, a blacklisted American director who exiled himself to Europe. The film stars Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Alex Cressan and Jean Servais. Based on a short story written by Prosper Mérimée that was first published in 1829, the film concerns a slave ship on its crossing from Africa to Cuba, the various people that it carries and the slaves' rebellion while on board. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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