The life and death of Robert Moussombe, the leader of an unnamed African state. Moussombe is a fictionalized portrait of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and the film's events are a pastiche of the Congo Crisis in 1960s.
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11 people
Ambroise Mbia
Robert Moussombe
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Mykola Hrynko
Jean Barthes
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Mbissine Thérèse Diop
Mrs. Moussombe
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Aleksei Speshnyov Director · Kuzma Kiselyov Writer Lev Solin Composer
First release April 5, 1971 · Produced in Russia · Original title Чёрное солнце
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Belarusfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Чёрное солнце
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · April 5, 1971
Theatrical · In cinemas nationwide
No release date listed for United States.
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