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Black Venus Cast & Characters

Black Venus stars Yahima Torres as Saartjie Baartman, André Jacobs as Hendrick Caezar and Olivier Gourmet as Réaux. Below is the full cast and crew.

2h 39m 65 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Abdellatif Kechiche

Screenplay

Abdellatif Kechiche , Ghalya Lacroix

Story

Abdellatif Kechiche

Producers

Marin Karmitz , Nathanaël Karmitz , Charles Gillibert

Music

Slaheddine Kechiche

Cinematography

Lubomir Bakchev , Sofian El Fani

Editor

Ghalya Lacroix , Camille Toubkis , Laurent Rouan , Albertine Lastera

Production design

Florian Sanson

Costume design

Fabio Perrone

Casting

Anne Fremiot , Monya Galbi

Full cast

93 cast members

Yahima Torres

Saartjie Baartman

Hendrick Caezar

Olivier Gourmet

Elina Löwensohn

François Marthouret

Jean Baptiste-Berré

Jean-Christophe Bouvet

Charles Mercailler

Jonathan Pienaar

Alexander Dunlop

First brothel's customer

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Henri de Blainville

Cyril Favre

Senior Naturalist Assistant

Dominique Ratonnat

Senior Naturalist Assistant

Didier Bourguignon

Senior Naturalist Assistant

Harry, first servant

Alix Serman

Matthew, second servant

Patrick Albenque

Zachary Macaulay

Christian Erickson

Lord Ellenborough

Attorney General

Peter van Wageninge

Robert Dauney

Thomas Gisborne Babington

Paul Ryan

Judge Le Blanc

Natania van Heerden

Leslie Stanzler

Court Interpreter

Richard Hadley

Bailiff

Richard Temple

English Bailiff

Christopher King

Jean-Louis Dupont

First Scientist

Gaël Thiebaut

Second Scientist

Monique Brun

Brothel Owner

Jean-Marc Guisti

Brothel Doctor

Violaine Gillibert

Géraldine Rivière

Olivier Loustau

Jeanne Corporon

Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering

Violaine de Carne

Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering

Maria Beloso-Hall

Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering

François Genty

Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering

Rosalie Symon

Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering

Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering

Mélodie Richard

Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering

Maïe Degove

Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering

Christopher Craig

Scottish Singer

Mirabelle Kirkland

First Prostitute of the Tavern

Karen Smit

Second Prostitute in the Tavern

First Recruiter / Bearded Woman

Jonathan Hayes

Second Recruiter

Third Recruiter

Guillaume Verdier

Leila D'Issernio

First Prostitute at the Brothel

Bouraouïa Marzouk

Myriam Vanhove

Third Prostitute at the Brothel

Laetitia Vitteau

Fourth Prostitute at the Brothel

Fifth Prostitute at the Brothel

Claire-Lise Pinet

Sixth Prostitute at the Brothel

Seventh Prostitute at the Brothel

Duangnapa Gionti

Eighth Prostitute at the Brothel

Réjane Cousin

Ninth Prostitute at the Brothel

Nicolas Abraham

Saartjie's Second-to-Last Customer

Walter Shnorkell

Saartjie's Last Customer

Xandra Van Welden

Darinka Duthilleul

Guest at the Swingers' Party

Jean-Georges Brunet

Guest at the Swingers' Party

Claudette Walker

Guest at the Swingers' Party

Christina Correia

Guest at the Swingers' Party

Yves Michon-Malaval

Guest at the Swingers' Party

Krystyna Kolosa

Guest at the Swingers' Party

Léon Kolasa

Guest at the Swingers' Party

Patrick Blanc

Tavern Musician

Ezzadine Bouzid

Tavern Musician

Pierre Cezaroni

Tavern Musician

François Meignant

Tavern Musician

Jean-Bernard Mondolini

Tavern Musician

Ségolène Brutin

Musician in the Bourgeois Salon

Pierre Charles

Musician in the Bourgeois Salon

Emmanuel Galliot

Musician in the Bourgeois Salon

Gionata Sgambaro

Musician in the Bourgeois Salon

Elise Cribier-Delande

Woman in the Crowd

Albanna Enlil

Extra (courtroom scene) (uncredited)

Catherine Badet-Corniou

Prostitute (uncredited)

Gilles Matheron

Théobald de Méry (uncredited)

Spectator at the Carnival Booth (uncredited)

Cabaret Costumer (uncredited)

Lady with Parasol (uncredited)

Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg

Self, Minister of Research (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thabo Mbeki

Self, President of South Africa (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew by department

23 crew members

Directing

Abdellatif Kechiche

Lubomir Bakchev

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Writing

Abdellatif Kechiche

Abdellatif Kechiche

Production

Charles Gillibert

Nathanaël Karmitz

Associate Producer

Editing

Albertine Lastera

Camille Toubkis

Sound

Jean-Paul Hurier

Nicolas Waschkowski

Music

Slaheddine Kechiche

Original Music Composer

Art

Production Design

Costume & Makeup

Casting

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