The Great White of Lambarene

IMDb 5.0 1995 • 94 min • DramaHistory

Director

Bassek Ba Kobhio

Country

FR

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

André Wilms
André Wilms Albert Schweitzer
Marisa Berenson
Marisa Berenson Helene Schweitzer
Alex Descas
Alex Descas Koumba
Élisabeth Bourgine
Élisabeth Bourgine Ingrid
Philippe Maury
Philippe Maury Le sorcier