Khartoum (1966)
Im Jahre 1883 schickt der britische Premierminister Gladstone den General Charles Gordon nach Khartoum in den Sudan, da der fanatische Moslemführer, der Mahdi tausende Zivilisten bedroht. Gordon wird zwar vom Mahdi respektiert, kann aber dessen Gefolgschaft nicht davon abbringen, Khartoum zu belagern. Daraufhin sieht der General nur noch eine Lösung: Er muss die Stadt verteidigen. Doch die Vorräte gehen allmählich zur Neige, und die dringend geforderte Verstärkung verzögert sich…
Die Regisseur: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon.
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Charlton Heston as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon |
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Laurence Olivier as Mahdi |
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Richard Johnson as Colonel Stewart |
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Ralph Richardson as William Gladstone |
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Alexander Knox as Sir Evelyn Baring |
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Johnny Sekka as Khaleel |
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Michael Hordern as Lord Granville |
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Zia Mohyeddin as Zobeir Pasha |
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Marne Maitland as Sheikh Osman |
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Nigel Green as General Wolseley |
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Hugh Williams as Lord Hartington |
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Ralph Michael as Sir Charles Dilke |
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Douglas Wilmer as Khalifa Abdullah |
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Edward Underdown as Colonel William Hicks |
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Peter Arne as Major Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt |
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Alan Tilvern as Awaan |
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Michael Anthony as Herbin |
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Roger Delgado as Sheikh Abdul Rahim |
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Jerome Willis as Frank Power |
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Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Lord Northbrook |
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George Pastell as Giriagis Bey |
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Alec Mango as Bordeini Bey |
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Neville Becker as Assistant, Messenger to Gordon |
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Harold Sanderson as Officer |
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Lisa Guiraut as Dancer |
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Leo Genn as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Basil Dearden | Director |
| Production | Julian Blaustein | Producer |
| Directing | Eliot Elisofon | Director |
| Writing | Robert Ardrey | Writer |
| Camera | Edward Scaife | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tom Buchanan | Boom Operator |
| Art | Pamela Cornell | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Frank Cordell | Conductor |
| Directing | John Peverall | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bert Ross | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Frank Cordell | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mary Bruce | Researcher |
| Camera | H. A. R. Thomson | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Dino Di Campo | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | John McCorry | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Frank Ernst | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Art | John Howell | Art Direction |
| Art | Ted Tester | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hilda Fox | Hairdresser |
| Camera | Ray Parslow | Camera Operator |
| Production | Basil Appleby | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Lodge | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Charles Orme | Production Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Richard Parker | Special Effects |
| Editing | Fergus McDonell | Editor |
| Sound | John Dennis | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Kelvin Pike | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Eileen Head | Continuity |
| Directing | Bluey Hill | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kay Rawlings | Continuity |
| Art | Scott MacGregor | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Cliff Culley | Special Effects |
| Camera | Harry Waxman | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jack Atcheler | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Yakima Canutt | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Jeff Seaholme | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Laurie Clarkson | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Weston Drury Jr. | Casting |
| Directing | Terence A. Clegg | Second Assistant Director |