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The Great White of Lambarene

  • 1995
  • TMDB 5.3/10
  • 1h 34m

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.

Overview

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.

Cast

  • André WilmsAlbert Schweitzer
  • Marisa BerensonHelene Schweitzer
  • Alex DescasKoumba
  • Élisabeth BourgineIngrid
  • Philippe MauryLe sorcier
  • Anne-Marie PisaniBerta
  • Marcel MvondoLambi
  • Magaly BerdyBissa

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