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The Great White of Lambarene (1995)

Name: The Great White of Lambarene
Director: Bassek Ba Kobhio
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1995-04-26
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: André Wilms, Marisa Berenson, Alex Descas, Élisabeth Bourgine, Philippe Maury

94 min · France, Cameroon, Gabon · Dir. Bassek Ba Kobhio

Drama History 1995 movies

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.