11 Films & TV Shows Set In Sudan During The 19th Century
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The Four Feathers
πΈπ© Sudan The 1880sFreedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves. β 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 fiancΓ©e 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.
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In Desert and Wilderness
πΈπ© Sudan The 1880sIn 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, StaΕ Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan.
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Young Winston
England πΈπ© Sudan πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1900s The 1890s The 1880s The 1870sRebel Soldier Hustler Prisoner Fugitive Firebrand β 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.
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Khartoum
England πͺπ¬ Egypt πΈπ© Sudan The 1880sWhere the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins! β 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.
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East of Sudan
πΈπ© Sudan The 1880sYou Live Every Adventure Known to Man ... When You Dare to Cross ... β 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.
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Storm Over the Nile
England πΈπ© Sudan The 1890sStorm Over the Nile is a 1955 film adaptation of the novel The Four Feathers, directed by Terence Young. The film not only extensively used footage of the action scenes from the 1939 film version stretched into CinemaScope, but exactly the same screenplay, almost line-for-line also then directed by Zoltan Korda as well as several pieces of music by the original composer Miklos Rozsa. It featured Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Mary Ure, Ian Carmichael, Michael Horden and Christopher Lee.[2] The film was shot on location in the Sudan.
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Geliebte Feindin
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The Four Feathers
πΈπ© Sudan The 1890sThey made him a hero by branding him a coward... the story of a man who conquered fear. β A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
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The Light That Failed
England πΈπ© Sudan The 1880s The 1860sA London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
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The Four Feathers
England πΈπ© Sudan The 19th CenturyParamount's new sensation! β An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee (Fay Wray) and friends.
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Tommy Atkins
πΈπ© Sudan The 1880sA cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.
