---
title: 'Lumumba (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raoul Peck'
released: '2000-05-14'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lumumba-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246765/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lumumba (2000)

2000 · 115 min · Drama · Germany, France, Belgium


## Synopsis

Lumumba is a 2000 biographical film directed by Raoul Peck. A co-production of France, Germany, Belgium, and Haiti filmed in French, the film depicts the rise and fall of Patrice Lumumba, and is set in the months before and after Congo-Léopoldville achieved independence from Belgium in June 1960. War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the time of filming caused the film to be shot in Zimbabwe and Beira, Mozambique. The film received positive reviews from critics, and won awards from the American Black Film Festival, the Political Film Society, and the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Raoul Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-peck)
- **Producer:** [Raoul Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-peck)
- **Screenplay:** [Pascal Bonitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascal-bonitzer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jean-Claude Petit](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-petit)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bernard Lutic](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-lutic)

## Cast

- [Mata Gabin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mata-gabin) as Helene Bijou
- [Rudi Delhem](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudi-delhem) as Émile Janssens
- [Dieudonné Kabongo](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieudonne-kabongo) as Godefroid Munongo
- [Maka Kotto](https://cinepixo.com/people/maka-kotto) as Joseph Kasa-Vubu
- [Mariam Kaba](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariam-kaba) as Pauline Opango
- [Théophile Sowié](https://cinepixo.com/people/theophile-sowie) as Maurice Mpolo
- [Alex Descas](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-descas) as Mobutu Sese Seko
- [Den Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/den-thatcher) as Frank Carlucci
- [Makena Diop](https://cinepixo.com/people/makena-diop) as Thomas Kanza
- [Pascal Nzonzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascal-nzonzi) as Tshombé Moïse
- [André Debaar](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-debaar) as Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch
- [Eriq Ebouaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/eriq-ebouaney) as Patrice Lumumba
- [Olivier Bony](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-bony) as Baudouin I of Belgium
- [Cheik Doukouré](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheik-doukoure) as Joseph Okito
- [Bouli Lanners](https://cinepixo.com/people/bouli-lanners)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lumumba-2000
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