Amok (1983 film)

Amok
Film poster
Directed by	Souheil Ben-Barka
Written by	Michel Constantin François Rabaté Souheil Ben-Barka
Starring	Robert Liensol
Cinematography	Girolamo La Rosa
Music by	Miriam Makeba
Release date	13 July 1983 (1983-07-13)
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	Morocco Guinea Senegal
Language	French

Amok is a 1983 Moroccan drama film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka. It won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] Borrowing heavily of Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country but putting the action in the context of the Soweto uprising, it tells the initiating journey of an old teacher from a backward Natal village to the conflict-ridden modern Johannesburg.

Cast

• Robert Liensol as Mathieu Sempala
• Miriam Makeba as Joséphine Sempala
• Douta Seck as Reverend Sikau Norje
• Richard Harrison as Elton Horn
• Gianni Garko
• George Ardisson
• Edmund Purdom as Jaarsveld
• Claudio Gora as M. Horn

References

1. "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

External links

• Amok at IMDb