Tamango
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.
Film · TMDB
7.0A 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
Stream on: Netflix
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
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Controversy
- Cast
- References
- External links
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.