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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1978-02-16
Languagefr
Runtime1h 57m
Production

Filmi Domirev, Ministère de la Coopération

6.8(37)
•1978•1h 57m

Ceddo

Drama

Overview

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.

Writing & Screenplay
Ousmane Sembène
Cinematography
Georges Carestan

Principal Cast

21 credited
Mamadou Dioumé
Mamadou DiouméPrince Biram Ngone Thioub
TN
Tabata NdiayePrincess Dior Yacine
MY
Moustapha YadeMadir Fatim Fall
ID
Ismaila DiagneCeddo Kidnapper
MD
Matoura DiaKing
OG
Omar GueyeJaraaf the King's Mediator
NM
Nar ModouMugis / Saxewar the Warrior
OC
Ousmane CamaraFara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane
AF
Alioune FallFall the Seed of the Dynasty
Makhouredia Gueye
Makhouredia GueyeKing Demba War Thioub

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Ceddo (1978) | Cinelio