Black Sun
1971, Russian. Directed by Aleksei Speshnyov.
The life and death of Robert Moussombe, the leader of an unnamed African state. Moussombe is a fictionalized portrait of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and the film's events are a pastiche of the Congo Crisis in 1960s.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 5 April 1971
- Original title
- Чёрное солнце
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Aleksei Speshnyov, Kuzma Kiselyov
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Black Sun runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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Black Sun isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 April 1971. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Black Sun?
Black Sun (1971) was directed by Aleksei Speshnyov and stars Ambroise Mbia, Mykola Hrynko, Gemma Firsova.