King Leopold's Ghost
Release Date: 2006-05-28
Rating : 7.75/10
Duration : 102 minutes
Genres : Documentary, History
Director : Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees
Writer : Adam Hochschild, Pippa Scott
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.
Cast
Don Cheadle
Ciaran Reilly
Alfre Woodard
Philippe Bergeron
James Cromwell
Frank McCourt