Sambizanga
Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. His wife goes from a prison station to another, trying in vain to find out where he is.
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Cast
18 people
Elisa Andrade
Maria
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Domingos de Oliveira
Domingos
Claude Agostini
Sarah Maldoror
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Georges Klotz
Jean M'Vondo
Petelo
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Jean Velter
Dino Abelino
Zito
Benoît Moutsila
Chico
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Mário Pinto de Andrade
Talagongo
Miguel
Maurice Pons
Sarah Maldoror Director · Claude Agostini Screenplay Maurice Pons Screenplay
United States release November 21, 1973 · Produced in Angola, France, Congo - Brazzaville · Languages Lingala, Portuguese
Production
Isabelle Films
Production
Angola · France · Congo - Brazzaville
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Lingala
Spoken on screen
Lingala · Portuguese
Release dates
Tunisia · September 30, 1972
Premiere · Carthage Film Festival
France · April 26, 1973
Theatrical
United States · November 21, 1973
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
May 1, 1999 · Premiere · New York African Film Festival
October 4, 2021 · Premiere · New York Film Festival (Restored Version)
August 27, 2022 · Theatrical · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4K Restoration)
France
March 11, 2022 · Premiere · Cinéma du Réel
November 20, 2022 · Premiere · Festival des 3 Continents (Restored Version)
March 4, 2025 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
June 22, 1973 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
April 26, 2023 · Digital · MUBI
Poland
May 1, 1974
Portugal
October 19, 1974 · Theatrical
September 1, 2021 · Premiere · IndieLisboa International Film Festival
Sweden
September 25, 1974 · TV
Taiwan
October 18, 2026 · Premiere · Women Make Waves International Film Festival (4K Restoration)
United Kingdom
October 27, 2007 · Premiere · Edinburgh Africa in Motion
October 12, 2021 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival (4K Restoration)
November 10, 2022 · Premiere · FilmBath Festival
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