The African Queen (1951)

105 min · Adventure, Romance Film, War Film, drama film, romantic comedy

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Directors

John Huston

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotell, Peter Swanwick, Richard Marner

The story

Samuel Sayer and his sister Rose are English Methodist missionaries in German East Africa in August 1914. Their mail and supplies are delivered by a small steamboat named the African Queen, helmed by the rough-and-ready Canadian mechanic Charlie Allnut, whose coarse behavior they stiffly tolerate. upright=1.4|thumb When Charlie warns the Sayers that war has broken out between Germany and Britain, they choose to remain in Kungdu, only to witness German colonial troops burn down the village and herd the villagers away to be pressed into service.

Catalogue themes and tags

1910s, Africa, Animal Species, Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Bauernhof, Boat, Boat Wedding, Canadian, Conflicting love, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Desperation, Emigranten, Erster Weltkrieg, Falsche Zicke, Flusspferd, German East Africa, Gin, Giraffe, Glauben, Götter, Hope, Leech, Love-Hate Relationship, Machismo, Messe, Methodist Church, Missionary, Mosquito, Patriotism, Prediger, Rain Shower, Rainy season, River, Starker Regen, Strudel, Sultriness, Swahili, Tanzania, Torpedo, Torpedo Boat, Unterwasserszene, Urwald, Verlust des Bruders, Adventure, War film, Action/Adventure, Drama, Film adaptation, Romance Film, Action

Genres

Adventure, Romance Film, War Film, drama film, romantic comedy

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