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Khartoum

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Original title

Khartoum

Year

1966

Running time

122 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon

Screenwriter

Robert Ardrey

Cast

Music

Frank Cordell

Cinematography

Edward Scaife

Producer

Julian Blaustein Productions Ltd. Distributor: United Artists

Genre

Adventure | 19th Century. Historical. Colonialism. Africa

Synopsis

After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war but they have a commitment to protect the Egyptians in Khartoum. They decide to ask General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, something of a folk hero in the Sudan as he had cleared the area of the slave trade, to arrange for the evacuation. Gordon agrees but also decides to defend the city against the forces of the Mahdi - the expected one - and tries to force the British to commit troops.

Awards: 1966: Nominated for Oscar: Best Original Screenplay

1966: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best British Actor (Richardson) and Art Direction (colour)

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Khartoum

1966

Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon

6.6

(1,587)