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Khartoum

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6.6
1,628
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Original title
Khartoum
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122 min.
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United Kingdom United Kingdom
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Genre
Adventure | 19th Century. Historical. Colonialism. Africa
Synopsis
After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war but they have a commitment to protect the Egyptians in Khartoum. They decide to ask General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, something of a folk hero in the Sudan as he had cleared the area of the slave trade, to arrange for the evacuation. Gordon agrees but also decides to defend the city against the forces of the Mahdi - the expected one - and tries to force the British to commit troops.
Awards
1966: Nominated for Oscar: Best Original Screenplay
1966: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best British Actor (Richardson) and Art Direction (colour)
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User history
Khartoum
1966
Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon
6.6
(1,628)
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