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{{Infobox film
| name = Tamango
| name = Tamango
| image = Poster of the movie Tamango.jpg
| image = Smithsonian - NMAAHC - Lobby card for Tamango - NMAAHC 2013.118.142.7.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = American version of ''Tamango'' poster
| caption = Lobby card
| director = [[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]]
| director = [[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]]
| producer =
| producer = Adry De Carbuccia<br>Roland Girard<br>[[Sig Shore]]
| based_on = {{based on|''Tamango''<br>1829 novella|[[Prosper Mérimée]]}}
| writer = [[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]]<br />[[Lee Gold]]<br />Tamara Hovey<br />[[Georges Neveux]] (dialogue)
| writer = {{ubl|[[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]]|[[Lee Gold]]|Tamara Hovey|[[Georges Neveux]] (dialogue)}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Dorothy Dandridge]]<br /> [[Curd Jürgens]]<br /> Alex Cressan<br /> Jean Servais
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Dorothy Dandridge]]|[[Curd Jürgens]]|Alex Cressan|Jean Servais}}
| music = [[Joseph Kosma]]
| music = [[Joseph Kosma]]
| cinematography = Edmond Séchan
| cinematography = Edmond Séchan
| editing = Roger Dwyre
| editing = [[Roger Dwyre]]
| distributor = CEI Incom
| distributor = CEI Incom
| released = January 24, 1958 (France)<br /> <br />September 16, 1959 (official United States release date)
| released = {{film date|1958|1|24|France|1959|9|16|official United States release date}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = Italy/France
| country = Italy/France
| language = [[English language|English]]/[[French language|French]]
| language = [[English language|English]]/[[French language|French]]
| budget =
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'''''Tamango''''' is a 1958 [[France|French]]/[[Italy|Italian]] [[film]] directed by [[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]], a [[Hollywood Blacklist|black-listed]] [[United States|American]] director who exiled himself to Europe. [[Dorothy Dandridge]] and [[Curd Jürgens]] (billed as: '''Curt Jurgens''') star in the film with co-stars Alex Cressan and Jean Servais.
'''''Tamango''''' is a 1958 [[France|French]]/[[Italy|Italian]] [[film]] directed by [[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]], a [[Hollywood Blacklist|blacklisted]] [[United States|American]] director who exiled himself to Europe. The film stars [[Dorothy Dandridge]], [[Curd Jürgens]], Alex Cressan and Jean Servais.

Based on the short story by [[Prosper Mérimée]]<ref>{{cite book|author= Christopher L. Miller|title=The French Atlantic triangle: literature and culture of the slave trade|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zdwdqTOLFyMC&pg=PT195#v=onepage&q&f=false|publisher=Duke University Press|page=179|year= 2008|accessdate= February 7, 2011}}</ref> first published in 1829,<ref>Miller, page 180</ref> the film is about a slave ship on its crossing from Africa to Cuba, the various people it carries and the slaves' rebellion while on board.
Based on a short story written by [[Prosper Mérimée]]<ref>{{cite book|author= Christopher L. Miller|title=The French Atlantic triangle: literature and culture of the slave trade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdwdqTOLFyMC&pg=PT195|publisher=Duke University Press|page=179|year= 2008|isbn=978-0822388838|access-date= February 7, 2011}}</ref> that was first published in 1829,<ref>Miller, page 180</ref> 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.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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Captain Reiker, a Dutch sea captain, embarks on what he intends to be his last slave-ship voyage. After capturing slaves with the complicity of an African chief, Reiker starts his voyage for Cuba. Along with the slaves below deck, the passengers include his mistress, the slave Aiché, and the ship's doctor, Corot. Tamango, one of the captured men, plans a revolt and tries to persuade Aiché to join him and the other slaves. When the captured slaves rebel, Tamango holds Aiché hostage. A deadlock between the two sides develops and Captain Reiker states that he will fire a cannon into the ship's hold and kill all the slaves unless they surrender. Aiché is given a chance to leave by Tamango, but after looking up the ladder that leads out of the hold, she chooses to stay with her fellow slaves. The captain fulfills his threat and shoots the cannon into the hold.<ref>{{cite book|author= Susan Hayward|title=French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_Cfau-3KBugC&pg=PA209|pages=209–210, 212–215|publisher=Intellect Books|year=2010|isbn=9781841503189|access-date=February 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>Miller, pages 224, 231, 233</ref>


==Controversy==
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Captain Reiker (Curd Jürgens), a Dutch sea captain, sets off on what he intends to be his last slave-ship voyage. After capturing slaves with the complicity of an African chief (Habib Benglia), he then starts his voyage for Cuba. Along with the slaves below-deck, the passengers include his mistress, the slave Aiché (Dorothy Dandridge), and the ship's doctor, Doctor Corot (Jean Servais). Tamango (Alex Cressan), one of the captured men, plans a revolt and tries to persuade Aiché to join him and the other slaves. When the captured slaves do rebel, Tamango manages to hold Aiché hostage. A deadlock between the two sides then develops and Captain Renker states he will fire a cannon into the ships' hold and kill all the slaves unless they give up. Aiché is given a chance to leave by Tamango but after looking up the ladder that leads out of the hold (and towards life), chooses to stay with her fellow slaves. The captain makes good on his threat and shoots the cannon into the hold, literally silencing the slaves' songs.<ref>{{cite book|author= Susan Hayward|title=French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=_Cfau-3KBugC&pg=PA209#v=onepage&q&f=false|pages=209–210, 212–215|publisher=Intellect Books|year=2010|accessdate=February 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>Miller, pages 224, 231, 233</ref>
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The film was controversial in different parts of the world. Although the project was filmed in the [[france|French]] city of [[Nice]],<ref>Miller, page 226</ref> France banned ''Tamango'' in its West African colonies "for fear it would cause dissent among the natives."<ref>Hayward, page 211</ref> The film was released in 1959 in New York City<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051049/releaseinfo Release Dates]</ref> but did not receive nationwide distribution until 1962, as it ran afoul of the [[Hays Code]] restriction on scenes depicting [[miscegenation]].<ref>Hayward, page 210</ref>

==Controversies==

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The film was controversial in different parts of the world. Even though the project was filmed in the [[france|French]] city [[Nice]],<ref>Miller, page 226</ref> France banned ''Tamango'' in its West African colonies "for fear it would cause dissent among the natives".<ref>Hayward, page 211</ref> The film was released in 1959 in New York City,<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051049/releaseinfo Release Dates]</ref> but didn't receive nationwide distribution until 1962. The [[United States]] government had banned ''Tamango'' because it broke the race-mixing (or "[[miscegenation]]") section<ref>Hayward, page 210</ref> of the [[Hays Code]] with the interracial love scenes between Dorothy Dandridge and Curd Jürgens.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Dorothy Dandridge]] as Aiché, Reiker's mistress
* [[Dorothy Dandridge]] as Aiché, Reiker's mistress
*[[Curd Jürgens]] as Captain John Reiker
* [[Curd Jürgens]] as Captain John Reiker
*[[Jean Servais]] as Doctor Corot
* [[Jean Servais]] as Doctor Corot
*Alex Cressan as Tamango
* Alex Cressan as Tamango
*[[Roger Hanin]] as 1st Mate Bebe
* [[Roger Hanin]] as 1st Mate Bebe
*[[Guy Mairesse]] as Werner
* [[Guy Mairesse]] as Werner
*Clément Harari as Cook
* [[Clément Harari]] as Cook
*Doudou Babet as Chadi
* Doudou Babet as Chadi
*Habib Benglia as Le chef noir
* Habib Benglia as Le chef noir
*Pierre Rosso as the diving sailor
* Pierre Rosso as the diving sailor

==See also==
*[[List of films featuring slavery]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0051049|Tamango}}
* {{IMDb title|0051049|Tamango}}
* {{Amg movie|48588|Tamango}}
* {{AllMovie title|48588|Tamango}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=92311}}


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{{John Berry (film director)}}


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Latest revision as of 23:39, 20 December 2023

This article is about the 1958 film. For the Italian cocktail, see Tamango (Italian cocktail). For the Romani musician, see Shukar Collective.
Not to be confused with Tamangoh.
Tamango
Lobby card
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.

Plot

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Captain Reiker, a Dutch sea captain, embarks on what he intends to be his last slave-ship voyage. After capturing slaves with the complicity of an African chief, Reiker starts his voyage for Cuba. Along with the slaves below deck, the passengers include his mistress, the slave Aiché, and the ship's doctor, Corot. Tamango, one of the captured men, plans a revolt and tries to persuade Aiché to join him and the other slaves. When the captured slaves rebel, Tamango holds Aiché hostage. A deadlock between the two sides develops and Captain Reiker states that he will fire a cannon into the ship's hold and kill all the slaves unless they surrender. Aiché is given a chance to leave by Tamango, but after looking up the ladder that leads out of the hold, she chooses to stay with her fellow slaves. The captain fulfills his threat and shoots the cannon into the hold.[3][4]

Controversy

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The film was controversial in different parts of the world. Although the project was filmed in the French city of Nice,[5] France banned Tamango in its West African colonies "for fear it would cause dissent among the natives."[6] The film was released in 1959 in New York City[7] but did not receive nationwide distribution until 1962, as it ran afoul of the Hays Code restriction on scenes depicting miscegenation.[8]

Cast

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References

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  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
  3. ^ Susan Hayward (2010). French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books. pp. 209–210, 212–215. ISBN 9781841503189. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  4. ^ Miller, pages 224, 231, 233
  5. ^ Miller, page 226
  6. ^ Hayward, page 211
  7. ^ Release Dates
  8. ^ Hayward, page 210
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