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Echoes from a Sombre Empire
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Title: Echoes from a Sombre Empire

Release Date: 28 Nov 1990

Runtime: 1h 31m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Sera Filmproduktions, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Films sans frontières

Production Companies: Sera Filmproduktions, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Films sans frontières

Overview: Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (19 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Michael Goldsmith
  • Self: Werner Herzog
  • Self: Augustine Assemat
  • Self: David Dacko
  • Self: Francis Szpiner
  • Self: François Gibault
  • Self: Marie-Reine Hassen
  • Self (archive footage): Jean-Bedel Bokassa
  • Self (uncredited): Anne Bokassa
  • Self (uncredited): Marie-France Bokassa
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