
Lumumba
Drama · History
Overview
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
Top Cast


Ériq Ebouaney
Ériq Ebouaney
Patrice Émery Lumumba
Ériq Ebouaney
Patrice Émery Lumumba


Alex Descas
Alex Descas
Joseph Mobutu
Alex Descas
Joseph Mobutu


Théophile Sowié
Théophile Sowié
Maurice Mpolo
Théophile Sowié
Maurice Mpolo


Maka Kotto
Maka Kotto
Joseph Kasa Vubu
Maka Kotto
Joseph Kasa Vubu


Dieudonné Kabongo
Dieudonné Kabongo
Godefroid Munungo
Dieudonné Kabongo
Godefroid Munungo


Pascal N'Zonzi
Pascal N'Zonzi
Moïse Tshombe
Pascal N'Zonzi
Moïse Tshombe
Cheik Doukouré
Cheik Doukouré
Joseph Okito
Cheik Doukouré
Joseph Okito


Makena Diop
Makena Diop
Thomas Kanza
Makena Diop
Thomas Kanza


Mariam Kaba
Mariam Kaba
Pauline Lumumba
Mariam Kaba
Pauline Lumumba
Rudi Delhem
Rudi Delhem
Général Emile Janssens
Rudi Delhem
Général Emile Janssens
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