King Leopold's Ghost

Oreet Rees
2006-05-28

The unbelievable story of Congo's brutal history with its Belgian colonizers
7.6
102 min

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

Name Character Team
Don Cheadle Narrator (voice) Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Ciaran Reilly Roger Casement (voice) Unowned
Alfre Woodard Ilanga (voice) Zac E. Chan
Philippe Bergeron Unowned
James Cromwell Unowned
Frank McCourt Unowned
Adam Hochschild Self Unowned
Tom Wright Additional Narration Unowned
Annick DeVille Self Unowned
Jean-Pierre Bemba Self Unowned
James Newman Self Unowned
Mbaya Mpoyi Self Unowned
Jacques Depelchin Self Unowned
Zana Aziza Etambala Self Unowned
David Northrup Self Unowned
Papa Maurice Self Unowned
Jules Marchal Self Unowned
Maurice Lenain Self Unowned
Honoré Vinck Self Unowned
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba Self Unowned
Juliana Lumumba Self Unowned
Jan Vansina Self Unowned
Lubamba Dibwe Self Unowned
Mubenga wa Beya Self Unowned
Gregoire Mulamba Self Unowned
Etienne Mutshipayi Self Unowned
Arnaud Zajtman Self Unowned
Frank McCourt Self Unowned
Jim Freedman Self Unowned
Ludo De Witte Self Unowned
MM Self Unowned
Chris Curry Voice Unowned
Ron Canada Voice Unowned
Marc-Gregory Barrett Voice Unowned
Dominic Keating Voice Unowned
Andre Kelley Voice Unowned
Charles Dennis Voice Unowned
Karen Landry Voice Unowned
Keith Ferguson Voice Unowned
Chris Mulkey Voice Unowned
David Dayan Fisher Voice Unowned
Phil Proctor Voicer Unowned
Anna Graves Voice Unowned
Magnus Stefansson Voice Unowned
Judith Scott Voice Unowned
Julian Stone Voice Unowned
King Leopold II of Belgium Self (archive footage) Unowned