A Man from the Congo River (2009)
- Original title
- Kongon Akseli
- Directed by
- Jouko Aaltonen
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Finland
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary story looks at Finnish sailors who worked on the Congo River in the early 1900s. It traces their lives and experiences through archival material and location filming in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium.
historicalreflectiveinformativerestrainedmeditativeslow-pacednostalgic
What happens
Kongon Akseli on Jouko Aaltosen ohjaama, vuonna 2009 valmistunut suomalainen dokumenttielokuva. Elokuva kertoo suomalaisista laivamiehistä Kongo-joella 1900-luvun alussa. Elokuvaa kuvattiin Kongon demokraattisessa tasavallassa ja Belgiassa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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