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Mountains of the Moon

“Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.”

16 Feb 1990 · 136 min · English

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The film

Synopsis

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.

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Cast & characters

Patrick Bergin

Richard Burton

Iain Glen

John Hanning Speke

Richard E. Grant

Oliphant

Fiona Shaw

Isabel

John Savident

Lord Murchison

James Villiers

Lord Oliphant

Adrian Rawlins

Edward

Peter Vaughan

Lord Houghton

Delroy Lindo

Mabruki

Bernard Hill

Dr. Livingstone

Matthew Marsh

William

Richard Caldicot

Lord Russell

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Key crew

Director: Bob Rafelson
Writing: Bob Rafelson, William Harrison, William Harrison
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Original music: Michael Small

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