King Leopold's Ghost

"The unbelievable story of Congo's brutal history with its Belgian colonizers"

2006
1 hr 42 min
7.6 (5)
Released

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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Release Date

2006
Runtime

1 hr 42 min
Language

en
Rating

7.6 (5)

Genres

Documentary History
Director

Pippa Scott
Oreet Rees
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
Jacques Depelchin
Zana Aziza Etambala
David Northrup
Papa Maurice
Jules Marchal
Maurice Lenain
Honoré Vinck
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba
Juliana Lumumba
Jan Vansina
Lubamba Dibwe
Mubenga wa Beya
Gregoire Mulamba
Etienne Mutshipayi
Arnaud Zajtman
Frank McCourt
Jim Freedman
Ludo De Witte
MM
Chris Curry
Ron Canada
Marc-Gregory Barrett
Dominic Keating
Andre Kelley
Charles Dennis
Karen Landry
Keith Ferguson
Chris Mulkey
David Dayan Fisher
Phil Proctor
Anna Graves
Magnus Stefansson
Judith Scott
Julian Stone
King Leopold II of Belgium