7 Films & TV Shows Set In Sudan During The 1880s

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  The Four Feathers

  🇸🇩 Sudan The 1880s

  Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves. — The story, set in 1885, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.

  Released in 2002 • 132 minutes
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  In Desert and Wilderness

  🇸🇩 Sudan The 1880s

  In Desert and Wilderness is a 2001 Polish film directed by Gavin Hood. Adapted from the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz, it tells the story of two kids, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan.

  Released in 2001 • 111 minutes
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  Young Winston

  England 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇿🇦 South Africa The 1900s The 1890s The 1880s The 1870s

  Rebel Soldier Hustler Prisoner Fugitive Firebrand — This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

  Released in 1972 • 149 minutes
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  Khartoum

  England 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇸🇩 Sudan The 1880s

  Where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins! — 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.

  Released in 1966 • 134 minutes
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  East of Sudan

  🇸🇩 Sudan The 1880s

  You Live Every Adventure Known to Man ... When You Dare to Cross ... — A British soldier escapes from 1880s Khartoum and goes down the Nile river with a fellow soldier, a governess and the daughter of an emir.

  Released in 1964 • 85 minutes
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  The Light That Failed

  England 🇸🇩 Sudan The 1880s The 1860s

  A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

  Released in 1939 • 97 minutes
• Tommy Atkins

  🇸🇩 Sudan The 1880s

  A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.

  80 minutes