

Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Visit website7.1/10 • 19
1990-11-28 • 1h 31m
Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.
- Directors
- Werner Herzog
- Writters
- Werner Herzog
- Editors
- Werner Herzog, Thomas Balkenhol

Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Visit website1990-11-28 • 1h 31m
7.1/10 • 19
Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.
- Directors
- Werner Herzog
- Writters
- Werner Herzog
- Editors
- Werner Herzog, Thomas Balkenhol
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsMichael Goldsmith
Self
Werner Herzog
Self
Augustine Assemat
Self
David Dacko
Self
Francis Szpiner
Self
François Gibault
Self
Marie-Reine Hassen
Self
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Self (archive footage)
Anne Bokassa
Self (uncredited)
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- German
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- Keywords
- journalistgovernmentparis, francepoliticsdictatoremperorinterviewtorturecannibalportraitmegalomaniacentral african republic