Erstellt am 24.06.2006 - 13:19

You're certainly right about the Decamerone Nero. I once tried to find out a bit about its cast, but it turned out to be very hard. The conclusion that all actors are non-professinal might seem obvious but yet I had some doubts.

The names, indeed, hint at Senegalese origin of all actors (e.g. Diop, Senghor).

Fatou Diame is a name that happens to be pretty similar to that of Diotta Fatou, a name which appears in two Erwin C. Dietrich-produced sex flicks, Mädchen im Nachtverkehr (1976) and Weiße Haut und schwarze Schenkel (1977).

Djbril Diop could very likely be the Senegalese Djibril Diop Mambéty (born January 1945) who became a renowned filmmaker as far as African movies go. He died of cancer in 1998.

Isseu (or Issa) Niang has been in a number of Senegalese films, including Sembene Ousmane's Mandabi/Le Mandat (1968).

Josy McGregor (or variants of that name) is an actress who also appeared alondside Claude Brasseur in the French movie Attention les yeux! (1976).

Sérigne N'Diaye was also in Mandabi/Le Mandat (1968) and Le Certificat (1981) by Ousmane (Senegal's best known director) and may be identical with a famous painter of the same name (born 1953 in Tivaouane).

Bearing in mind that notices about the African cinema are rather scarce, I tend to believe that the film was made with actors who had a higher standing than its quality and content imply.


Frank

Erstellt am 07.04.2007 - 02:13

Mir würde da nur der großartige Woody Strode und Fred Williamson einfallen den man ja von Ein Haufen verwegener Hunde, Riffs und Metropolis 2000 kennt.

Erstellt am 08.06.2009 - 17:53

This list seem to have been completely forgotten but we can now add out friend Alfred Thomas to it!

And also Lola Falana, who starred in three Italian films: Quando dico che ti amo, Stasera mi butto and Lola Colt (all made in 1967)


A few others too:

- Anne Marie Braafheid (Le tue man sul mio corpo, 1970) - she was Miss Curaçao 1968 and competed in the Miss Universe pageant

- Debebe Eshetu

- Marie Elise Eugene (Passi di morte perduti nel buio, 1976)

- Isaac George

- Ronald (or Ron) Mardenbro

- Fernando Piazza

- Shawn Robinson (Un bianco vestito per Marialè, 1972) - there is also a singer named Shawn Robinson who did vocals on many film soundtrack scores by Piero Piccioni. I assume it's the same woman