The Death Knell
1964, French. Directed by René Vautier.
At the beginning of the 1960s, in Salisbury (now Harare), in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the government of Ian Smith hanged three black revolutionaries who had nevertheless been pardoned by the Queen of England. René Vautier, with ZAPU (Zimbabwe African Party for Unity), denounces this killing. Expelled by the Rhodesian police (informed by the French secret services), the filmmaker shoots a film in Algeria in the form of an indictment against colonial savagery. The film was first banned in France, then authorized in 1965.
- Runtime
- 0h 6m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 1 January 1964
- Original title
- Le Glas
- Country
- Algeria, France, Zimbabwe
- Written by
- René Vautier, Djibril Diop Mambéty
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The Death Knell isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1964. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Death Knell?
The Death Knell (1964) was directed by René Vautier and stars Djibril Diop Mambéty.