The Cage
An African physician returns home after studying medicine in Paris. He marries and settles down to life in the bucolic splendor of his native land. When he has a confrontation with a white plantation owner, the white man sees red and casts a spell on the African doctor. Although he realizes the curse is an ancient tribal superstition, he still is plagued by the ghost of his late first wife. The black doctor and the white man are assimilated into cultures in which neither of them were born in this vexing jungle tale.
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The Cage
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jun 8, 1963
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Adventure, Mystery
User Score
62%
Original Title
La Cage
Production Companies
Compagnie Cinématographique du Gabon, Edition et Diffusion Cinématographique (E.D.I.C.), Lions Films
Director
Robert Darène
Description
An African physician returns home after studying medicine in Paris. He marries and settles down to life in the bucolic splendor of his native land. When he has a confrontation with a white plantation owner, the white man sees red and casts a spell on the African doctor. Although he realizes the curse is an ancient tribal superstition, he still is plagued by the ghost of his late first wife. The black doctor and the white man are assimilated into cultures in which neither of them were born in this vexing jungle tale.
