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Genre
Music, Drama, Old movies
Synopsis
After being discovered by prominent composer Gabriel Donizetti (Esme Percy), black laborer John Zinga (Paul Robeson) rises to international stardom as an opera singer in spite of widespread racism. Feeling uneasy, however, in a racially divided society, Zinga turns down a prestigious New York singing contract and instead journeys to his ancestral African homeland. When Zinga is met as an outsider even there, he must struggle for acceptance among the aboriginals from which he descended.
Cast
John 'Johnny' Zinga
Paul Robeson
Ruth Zinga
Elisabeth Welch
Bert Puddick
George Mozart
Gabriel Donizetti
Esme Percy
Monty
Robert Adams
Nell Puddick
Joan Fred Emney
Native Leader
James Solomon
Nell Puddick
Joan Emney
Mandingo (as Ecce Homo Toto)
Tony Wane
Endobo, the Witch Doctor (uncredited)
Arthur Williams
Mr. Blane, the Pianist
Ronald Simpson
Marian
Jenny Dean
Sir James Pyrie (as Bernard Ansell)
Bernard Ansell
Queen Zinga (as Miss C. Smith)
Cornelia Smith
Johnnie Schofield
Gate-Keeper (uncredited)
Sydney Benson
Potman (uncredited)
Will Hammer
Trader
Ambrose Manning
Alf, the Bartender (uncredited)
Alf Goddard
- (as Honorable Arthur Eliot)
Arthur Elliott
Ronald Adam
Woman (uncredited)
Cathleen Cavanagh
