Tamango

Tamango
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Directed byJohn Berry
Written by
Based onTamango
1829 novella
by Prosper Mérimée
Produced byAdry De Carbuccia
Roland Girard
Sig Shore
Starring
CinematographyEdmond Séchan
Edited byRoger Dwyre
Music byJoseph Kosma
Distributed byCEI Incom
Release dates
  • January 24, 1958 (1958-01-24) (France)
  • September 16, 1959 (1959-09-16) (official United States release date)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly/France
LanguageEnglish/French

Tamango is a 1958 French/Italian film directed by John Berry, a blacklisted American director who exiled himself to Europe. The film stars Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Alex Cressan and Jean Servais.

Based on a short story written by Prosper Mérimée[1] that was first published in 1829,[2] the film concerns a slave ship on its crossing from Africa to Cuba, the various people that it carries and the slaves' rebellion while on board.

  1. ^ Christopher L. Miller (2008). The French Atlantic triangle: literature and culture of the slave trade. Duke University Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0822388838. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Miller, page 180