''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' () is a 1965 German film directed by

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. The film was entered into the

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. It is based on the novel ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two Volume (bibliography), volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans ...

''. In the early spring of 1977, the film was reissued in the United States in an edited form, with new scenes directed by

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. On the heels of the success that year of the miniseries ''

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'', the ad campaign for the reissue touted that the film had "ALL the SENSUAL and VIOLENT passions 'ROOTS' couldn't show on TV" and offered "the REAL story of the SLAVES, MASTERS & LOVERS."

Cast

Reception

Box office

In France, it was the 63rd top-grossing film of 1965, selling 928,110 tickets at the

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. In Poland, it sold more than tickets, making it one of the thirteen highest-grossing foreign films in Poland . In North America, where it initially released in 1969, the film went on to sell 7,042,254 tickets and gross . This adds up to more than 9,970,364 tickets sold worldwide.

Critical response

Reviewing its 1977 reissue,

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of the ''

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'' called the film "lousy", and, noting the comparisons its ad campaign made to ''Roots'', remarked that "the only similarity is that both films contain scenes of slaves being whipped."Siskel, Gene (April 18, 1977). "'Wizards' courts the eye, but the magic stops short". ''

''. Section 2, p. 8.

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