Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
- 6.5
- 1990
- Released
- 2h 16m
Patrick Bergin
Richard Burton
Iain Glen
John Hanning Speke
Richard E. Grant
Oliphant
Fiona Shaw
Isabel
John Savident
Lord Murchison
James Villiers
Lord Oliphant
Adrian Rawlins
Edward
Peter Vaughan
Lord Houghton
Delroy Lindo
Mabruki
Bernard Hill
Dr. Livingstone
Matthew Marsh
William
Richard Caldicot
Lord Russell
Christopher Fulford
Herne
Garry Cooper
Stroyan
Roshan Seth
Ben Amir
Paul Onsongo
Sidi Bombay
Jimmy Gardner
Jarvis
Doreen Mantle
Mrs. Speke
Anna Massey
Mrs. Arundell
Peter Eyre
Norton Shaw
Leslie Phillips
Mr. Arundell
Frances Cuka
Lady Houghton
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Lord Cowley
Craig Crosbie
Swinburne
Lenny Juma
JemadarBheki Tonto Ngema
NgolaMartin Okello
Veldu
Philip Voss
Colonel Rigby
Roger Rees
Papworth
Pip Torrens
Lt. HeskethIan Vincent
Lt. AllenEsther Njiru
LemaAlison Limerick
SorceressAsiba Asiba
Nubian Servant
Omar Sharif
Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
Ralph Nossek
DoctorStewart Harwood
Attendant
George Malpas
Lead ActorRobert Whelan
1st ReporterBill Croasdale
2nd Reporter
Renny Krupinski
3rd Reporter
Released
en
$18,000,000.00
$4,011,793.00
- #based on novel or book
- #africa
- #river
- #expedition
- #nile
- #british empire
- #exploration
- #lake victoria
- #19th century
- #gay theme
