Khartoum

A stately, sun-baked epic of two stubborn men fencing across a desert, grand in scale yet heavy with doom.

Directed by

Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon

Genres

History, War, Adventure

Starring

Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson

Tagline

Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!

Overview

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.

How it feels

Earnest, tense, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Power, faith, colonialism, war

Content

Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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