Khartoum 1966
Directed by Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon
- History, War, Adventure
- 134 min
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20246/10
An epically staged historical drama about the uprising in the Sudan by the Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier) and his army of Dervishes against the British Empire. Prime Minster William Gladstone (Sir Ralph Richardson) was initially opposed to committing troops to reverse this defeat, and so instead decided to send as an imposing military figure as he could - General Charles Gordon (Charlton Heston). Respected and loathed in equal measure, he travelled to the war zone and our story tells the tale of his attempts to combat the religious fervour and desire for freedom from this local population. This is a great looking film from Basil Dearden and the scale of the battle scenes are impressive; the acting less so and there is something frankly ridiculous about Olivier's portrayal of the Madhi. It's a long watch, too....
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Cast
- Charlton HestonGen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
- Laurence OlivierMahdi
- Richard JohnsonColonel Stewart
- Ralph RichardsonWilliam Gladstone
- Alexander KnoxSir Evelyn Baring
- Johnny SekkaKhaleel
- Michael HordernLord Granville
- Zia MohyeddinZobeir Pasha
- Marne MaitlandSheikh Osman
- Nigel GreenGeneral Wolseley
Crew
- Basil DeardenDirector
- Eliot ElisofonDirector
- Robert ArdreyWriter
- Edward ScaifeDirector of Photography
- Frank CordellOriginal Music Composer
- Fergus McDonellEditor
- Julian BlausteinProducer
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