The Great White of Lambarene (1995)
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), the mission doctor, theologian and philosopher who founded a hospital in the rainforests of Gabon, achieved sainthood in his lifetime, at least in the popular imagination. The critical assessment of his life and works in recent years, however, has been slightly more ambivalent. Ba Kobhio Bassek is the first director to examine this medical missionary from a purely African point-of-view.
Director: Bassek Ba Kobhio
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André Wilms as Albert Schweitzer |
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Marisa Berenson as Helene Schweitzer |
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Alex Descas as Koumba |
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Élisabeth Bourgine as Ingrid |
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Philippe Maury as Le sorcier |
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Anne-Marie Pisani as Berta |
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Marcel Mvondo as Lambi |
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Magaly Berdy as Bissa |
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Michel Peyrelon as Lacaze |
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Jérémie Ahouandjinou as Trompette |
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Dine Alougbin as Griot |
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Yves-Jacques Cabasso as Le soldat français |
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Dany Boon as Altmeyer |
| Directing | Bassek Ba Kobhio | Director |
| Writing | Bassek Ba Kobhio | Writer |
| Writing | Serge Lascar | Writer |
| Production | Monique Annaud | Producer |
| Production | Bassek Ba Kobhio | Producer |
| Production | Pierre-Marie Dong | Executive Producer |
| Production | Françoise Lehérissey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hugues Nonn | Producer |
| Editing | Michel Klochendler | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothée Nonn | Costume Design |
| Directing | François Azria | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vincenzo Marano | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Patrick Abrial | Original Music Composer |