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Paname: The Ghost of the Great Frenchman

Paname: The Ghost of the Great Frenchman

2018
DocumentaryHistory

Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his life: To unite the Pacific and Atlantic oceans through a Canal in the Isthmus of Panama – without knowing that this will cost him his reputation, thousands of innocent lives and the biggest financial scandal of all time, up to that point: the famous “Scandal of Panama”. Today, the French capital is known as “Paname”.

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Production

Jaguar Films, Avril Films, Dazca Productions, Prodéine Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Arnaud Ramière de Fortanier

Self

Philippe Casenave

Self

Jorge Quijano

Self

Christian Moreau

Self

Marc de Banville

Self

Juan David Morgan

Juan David Morgan

Self

Celestino Araúz

Self

Max Domínguez

Self

Olivier Peissel

Olivier Peissel

Narrator (voice)

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