36 Films & TV Shows Set In Africa During The 1930s
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Death on the Nile
🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930sMurder was just the beginning. — Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
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While at War
🇪🇸 Spain 🇲🇦 Morocco The 1930sSometimes silence is the worst lie — Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.
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Dalida
🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980sBased on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
New York England 🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930s The 2010sOne Final Night to Save the Day. — When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
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Watchers of the Sky
🇩🇪 Germany 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇾 Syria The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1950s The 1990s The 1940sFive interwoven stories of remarkable courage from Nuremberg to Rwanda, from Darfur to Syria, and from apathy to action.
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The Adventures of Tintin
🇲🇦 Morocco The 1930sThis year, discover how far adventure will take you. — From Academy Award® winning filmmakers, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, comes the epic adventures of Tintin. Racing to uncover the secrets of a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse, Tintin and his loyal dog Snowy embark on an action-packed journey around the world that critics are calling.
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The Last Flight
Africa - General The 1930sAviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont goes on a journey to find her lover Bill Lancaster after his plane disappears in the Sahara. After her plane is forced down in the Ténéré she meets Lieutenant Antoine Chauvet of the French Camel Corps who joins in the hunt for Lancaster. As the two endure hardships in the desert, they begin to develop feelings for each other.
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The Good Shepherd
Connecticut Virginia District of Columbia England 🇩🇪 Germany 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sThe untold story of the most powerful covert agency in the world. — Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
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Nowhere in Africa
🇰🇪 Kenya The 1940s The 1930sOne family's tale of a homeland lost... and a homeland found. — A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.
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The Mummy Returns
🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930s Ancient HistoryThe most powerful force on earth is about to be unleashed by the two people who should know better. — Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.
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The English Patient
🇮🇹 Italy 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇱🇾 Libya The 1940s The 1930sIn love, there are no boundaries. — In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
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The Sheltering Desert
🇳🇦 Namibia The 1930s The 1940sIn 1935 two German geologists, Henno Martin and Hermann Korn, leave Nazi Germany for South-West Africa (Namibia) to conduct field research. At the outbreak of the Second World War, many male Germans living in South-West Africa are interned in local camps. As pacifists the two German scientists refuse to be arrested and flee into the Namib Desert. They live for over two years in the vastness of the desert like ancient bushmen under indescribable circumstances, facing the challenge to survive and, at the same time, the threat to be detected. On the radio they follow the war events in Europe. Their adventure comes to an end when Hermann Korn starts suffering seriously from malnutrition.
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Time to Kill
🇪🇹 Ethiopia The 1930sAn innocent man just went over the edge of reason. — 1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a wonderful young Ethiopian. He also wound her when he shot to a wild animal, and later kills her to avoid further pain. When he finally reaches the hospital, he realizes he gets probably leprosy. Trying to escape from Ethiopia Silvestri will kill again. But surprises aren't still over.
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Ten Little Indians
Africa - General The 1930sAn unknown judge invites a guilty governess and others to a 1930s safari, for justice one by one.
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Out of Africa
🇩🇰 Denmark 🇰🇪 Kenya The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sBased on a true story. — Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
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Gandhi
England 🇮🇳 India 🇿🇦 South Africa The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 1900s The 1890sHis triumph changed the world forever. — In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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The North Star
🇧🇪 Belgium 🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930sEdouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium. En route, he meets Sylvie Baron. He introduces her to Nemrod Lobetoum, a rich Egyptian carrying valuable jewelry, and Sylvie and Nemrod become friends. Their friendship escalates to love, which makes Edouard jealous. Days later, Edouard arrives at a rooming house owned by Mme. Louise Baron, Sylvie's mother, wearing blood-stained clothes. It appears that Nemrod was killed on a train after he arrived in France, but Edouard denies any knowledge of what happened. Sylvie suspects that Edouard is responsible for Nemrod's death, but by now her mother has become Edouard's ally.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
🇪🇬 Egypt 🇳🇵 Nepal District of Columbia 🇬🇷 Greece 🇵🇪 Peru The 1930sIndiana Jones - the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS. — When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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Lion of the Desert
🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇾 Libya The 1930s The 1920s The 1940sHe was a man of honor in a war without any. — This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
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Coup de Torchon
Africa - General 🇸🇳 Senegal The 1930sIn 1938 in the french West Africa, Lucien Cordier is a weak and corrupted policeman despised by the local bad boys. His wife is openly cheating on him and he hasn't got any self-respect anymore. But when comes the occasion, his revenge will be terrible.
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La chapelle
🇨🇬 Congo The 1930sSet in the 1930s, it shows life in a village some distance from the administrative post, where the people live by the traditions of their ancestors. The priest of an Evangelical mission comes into conflict with a young school teacher.
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Death on the Nile
🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930sA murderer strikes on board the luxury Nile steamer Karnak-and Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling case. — As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
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Justine
🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930sIn Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.
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Lawrence of Arabia
🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sA mighty motion picture of action and adventure! — The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
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