West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
6.5(15) 1979-01-02 116 minMusicHistoryDrama
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French oppression. The ship becomes a stage for the people to tell stories via song and dance—from their enslavement to their displacement in Metropolitan France.
DirectorMed Hondo
WriterDaniel Boukman
WriterMed Hondo
Original Music ComposerGeorges Rabol
Original Music ComposerFrank Valmont
ProducerMed Hondo
AnimationGilles Baur
Cast & characters
Robert Liensol
as Le parlementaire
Roland Bertin
as La 'Mort'
Philippe Clévenot
as L'abbé
Hélène Vincent
as L'assistante sociale
Théo Légitimus
as Monnerbourg
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Georges Hilarion
as Monsieur Belleville
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Elliot Roy
as L'homme
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Cyril Aventurin
as Le père de famille
Fernand Berset
as L'hôtelier
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Gérard Bloncourt
as Monsieur De la Pierre
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Toto Bissainthe
as Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny
Monique Couturier
as La Dame de souten
Jean-Paul Denizon
as Le representant des patrons
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Gabriel Glissant
as Le premier acrobate
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Elsie Haas
as L'infirmière
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Blanche Lolia
as Mireille
Jenny Alpha
as —
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Ti-Emile
as —
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Maîthé Mansoura
as Mademoiselle Flocon
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Josy Mass
as La mère de famille
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Véronique Mucret Rouveyrollis
as Colibrijoli
Louison Roblin
as La tenancière
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Mario Santini
as Le distributer de tracts
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Tara Schaff
as L'assistante antillaise
