The Death Knell

Synopsis

At the beginning of the 1960s, in Salisbury (now Harare), in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the government of Ian Smith hanged three black revolutionaries who had nevertheless been pardoned by the Queen of England. René Vautier, with ZAPU (Zimbabwe African Party for Unity), denounces this killing. Expelled by the Rhodesian police (informed by the French secret services), the filmmaker shoots a film in Algeria in the form of an indictment against colonial savagery. The film was first banned in France, then authorized in 1965.

Main Cast

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Narrator

Age : 53 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	René Vautier
Camera	Assistant Camera	Ali Marok
Writing	Writer	René Vautier Djibril Diop Mambéty
Production	Producer	René Vautier
Department	Role	Name

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