A spectacular adventure you will always remember and a beautiful love story you will never forget.
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.
- 6.0
- 1976
- Released
- 2h 27m
Lee Marvin
Colonel Flynn O'Flynn
Roger Moore
Sebastian Oldsmith
Barbara Parkins
Rosa O'Flynn / Oldsmith
Ian Holm
Mohammed
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Herman Fleischer
Gernot Endemann
Braun
Karl Michael Vogler
Von Kleine
Horst Janson
Kyller
Gerard Paquis
Capt. da Silva
Maurice Denham
Mr. Smythe
Jean Kent
Mrs. Smythe
Heather Wright
Cynthia Smythe
George Coulouris
El Keb
Renu Setna
Mr. RajiJoe Mafela
Sergeant Dumu
Murray Melvin
Lt. Phipps
Bernard Horsfall
Captain Joyce
Robert Lang
Captain Henry
Peter Copley
Admiral HoweGeoff Davidson
MackintoshSolomon Dungane
LutiRay Msengana
AhmedShalimar Undi
Nanny
Simon Sabela
Village ChiefPaul Mafela
Native RunnerNikos Kourtis
Arab
Derek Ware
German Crewman
Released
en
$10,000,000.00
- #based on novel or book
- #world war i
- #poacher
- #zanzibar
- #1910s
Reviews
There is something of the "African Queen" (1951) about this rather disposable, but enjoyable tale of "Flynn" (Lee Marvin) whom, along with his daughter "Rosa" (Barbara Perkins) and her posh British husband "Sebastian" (Roger Moore) set out to avenge the destruction of their East African livelihood by taking on the pride of the Kriegsmarine - the "SMS Blücher" as it undergoes repairs near Zanzibar.