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White Elephant
An amusing and well-founded semi-documentary about the resistance of the black continent to imperialistic technocrats
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- Comedy
- Documentary
Overview
This film was made entirely in Ghana and consists of documentary scenes and a fictitious story about a British engineer who wants to import microchips to Africa. But the reaction of the blacks to his plans to build a fully automatic plastic furniture factory surprises him. His faith in technocracy stands opposed to what they know about the environment. When the conflict has reached its climax, a spell is cast upon him... finally, he gives up... but his attitude toward Africa has changed for the better.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1984
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Ghana, Austria, United Kingdom
- Production
- Worldoc Production
- Cast
- Kwabena Holm,Abi Adatsi,Sarfo Opku,Nana Abiri Otchere Darko,Peter Firth,Nana Seowg,Owusu Akyeaw,Charles Annan
- Director
- Werner Grusch
- Writer
- Werner Grusch,Ashley Pharoah
- Cinematography
- Tom Hurwitz
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0310353