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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.

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A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.

Released: 1958-01-24104 minDir: John BerryDrama, History
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Cast

  • Dorothy Dandridge as Aiché, Reiker's mistress
  • Curd Jürgens as Captain John Reiker
  • Alex Cressan as Tamango
  • Jean Servais as Dr. Corot
  • Roger Hanin as Bebe
  • Guy Mairesse as Werner

Themes

  • ship
  • cuba
  • mistress
  • slave
  • revolt

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Ratings

IMDb

6.4/10

478 votes

Year
1958
Runtime
98 min
Genres
Adventure, Drama, History

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Duration
95
FilmAffinity ID
957953
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publication date
1958-01-01
title
Tamango
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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.

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