King Leopold's Ghost

(2006)

★ 8 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Documentary, History

Year: 2006

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees

Cast: Дон Чидл, Ciaran Reilly, Элфри Вудард, Филипп Бержерон, Джеймс Кромвелл, Frank McCourt, Adam Hochschild, Tom Wright, Annick DeVille, Jean-Pierre Bemba

Plot

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.