Sambizanga (1972)

Film details

Featuring

Ana Wilson Domingos Oliviera Elisa Andrade
Director

Sarah Maldoror
Countries

Angola Congo France
Year

1972
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Domingos Xavier, a worker and militant for Angola's independence of Portuguese domination, is arrested and dies under police's torture. Meanwhile his wife is kept unaware of her husband's fate and goes to search for him in Luanda only to find him dead... Based on the true life of Domingos Xavier, by Luandino Vieira.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Ana Wilson
  - Domingos
    
    Domingos Oliviera
  - Maria
    
    Elisa Andrade
  - Zito
    
    Dino Abelino
  - Petelo
    
    Jean M'vondo
  - Chico
    
    Benoit Moutsila
  - Miguel
    
    Tala Ngongo
  - Mussunda
    
    Lopes Rodrigues
  - Babiana
    
    Henriette Meya
  - PIDE agent
    
    Manuel Videira
Credits
- Direction:
  - Sarah Maldoror
  Production:
  - Isabelle Films
  - Jean Velter
  Writing:
  - Sarah Maldoror
  - Maurice Pons
  - Claude Agostini
  - Based on the novel 'A vida verdadeira de Domingos Xavier' by
    
    Luandino Vieira
  Photography:
  - Claude Agostini
  Editing:
  - Georges Klotz

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