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

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.

tensebleakhistoricalsuspensefulmorally complexclaustrophobicgrittyslow-burn

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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