Highest-Rated Movies about 'Belgian Congo', Sort by Popularity
King Leopold's Ghost (2006), The Nun's Story (1959), Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Belgian Congo movies.
#1. King Leopold's Ghost (2006)
Storyline: Filmmakers Pippa Scott and Oreet Rees document the exploitation of the Congo by Belgium's King Leopold II.
Plot Keywords: tyrant, slave, explorer, historian, soldier, brutal, frenetic ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. The Nun's Story (1959)
Storyline: In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Hubert van der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent, expecting to work as nun in Congo with tropical diseases. She says good-bye to her sisters Louise and Marie; to her brother Pierre; and to her beloved father, and subjects herself to the stringent rules of the retrograde institution, including interior silent and excessive humbleness and humiliation. After a long period working in a mental institution, Gaby is finally assigned to go to Congo, where she works with the Atheist and cynical, but brilliant, Dr. Fortunati. Sister Luke proves to be very efficient nurse and assistant, and Dr. Fortunati miraculous heals her tuberculosis. Years later, she is ordered to return to Belgium and when her motherland is invaded by the Germans, she learns that her beloved father was murdered by the enemy while he was helping wounded members of the resistance. Sister Luke finally decides to leave the religious life since she is not able to feel neutral against the invaders of her country.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: nun, doctor, mother superior, mental patient, solemn, emotional, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2005)
Storyline: In the late 19th century, King Leopold II uses the Congo -- part of his newly established kingdom, the Belgian Free State -- as a rubber and ivory mecca and uses troops to brutally dispose of anyone who refuses to retrieve the valuable materials.
Plot Keywords: king, soldier, african native, historian, bleak, frightening, solemn ...
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