Paul Kandjo

Paul Kandjo is a character in the period drama series Transatlantic. He is portrayed by Ralph Amoussou.

Biography[]

Paul is from Ouidah, Benin. He is an intellectual and political radical who hides in plain sight by working as a concierge at the Hotel Splendide in Marseille, France, with his brother, Petit Kandjo. He is a diligent mastermind behind closed doors. Paul secretly arranges armed resistance to Vichy and sees defeating the Nazis as the stepping stone to dismantling the colonies.

Throughout Transatlantic[]

Mary Jayne Gold, Paul Kandjo and other members of the Emergency Rescue Committee orchestrate the freeing of several British prisoners of war from Camp des Milles by using Dagobert as a distraction.^[1]

Personality[]

Physical appearance[]

Appearances[]

Season One

Quotes[]

"When the French army demobilized, we dropped our guns and walked away. There must be piles of weapons buried all over this country. We need a concrete plan and to recruit more people."

—Paul to Albert^[src]

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ The Human Condition


Characters
Mary Jayne Gold • Albert Hirschmann • Varian Fry • Philippe Frot • Paul Kandjo • Lisa Fittko • Thomas Lovegrove • Graham Patterson • Jacques "Petit" Kandjo • Lena Fischmann • Hiram "Harry" Bingham Jr. • Lorene Letoret • Margaux • Marguerite Nouget • Hannah Arendt • Dagobert
Cast
Gillian Jacobs • Lucas Englander • Cory Michael Smith • Grégory Montel • Ralph Amoussou • Deleila Piasko • Amit Rahav • Corey Stoll • Birane Ba • Henriette Confurius • Luke Thompson • Lolita Chammah • Rafaela Nicolay • Isalinde Giovangigli • Alexa Karolinski
Episodes
Hiding Hand Principle • The Angel of History • The Wilderness • No Road Back • The Human Condition • Pure Psychic Automatism • Fire in the Snow
Locations
Villa Air-Bel • Splendide Hotel • U.S. Consulate General Marseille • Camp des Milles

[1] The Human Condition

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