The Great White Man of Lambaréné

The Great White Man of Lambaréné (Le grand blanc de Lambaréné) is a 1995 biopic of Albert Schweitzer by the Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek Ba Kobhio. The film, made on the site of Schweitzer's hospital at Lambaréné on the Ogooué River in Gabon, has received critical attention as a post-colonial re-interrogation of the myth of Schweitzer.Foster, Gwendolyn. 'The Post-Colonial Vision of the 'Great White' of Lambarene', Popular Culture Review, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Summer 2002), pp.113-19

Cast André Wilms as Albert Schweitzer Marisa Berenson as Helene Schweitzer Alex Descas as Koumba Élizabeth Bourgine as Ingrid Philippe Mory as The sorcerer Anne-Marie Pisani as Berta Dany Boon

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