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Khartoum (1966) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
136 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Basil Dearden
Eliot Elisofon

Written By:
Robert Ardrey

Actors:
Charlton Heston ..... Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Laurence Olivier ..... The Mahdi
Richard Johnson ..... Col. J.D.H. Stewart
Ralph Richardson ..... William Gladstone
Alexander Knox ..... Sir Evelyn Baring
Johnny Sekka ..... Khaleel
Michael Hordern ..... Lord Granville
Zia Mohyeddin ..... Zobeir Pasha
Marne Maitland ..... Sheikh Osman
Nigel Green ..... Gen. Wolseley
Hugh Williams ..... Lord Hartington
Ralph Michael ..... Sir Charles Dilke
Douglas Wilmer ..... Khalifa Abdullah
Edward Underdown ..... Col. William Hicks
Peter Arne ..... Maj. Kitchener

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.

English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by Prime Minister Gladstone. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, General Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army. His Christian faith and military command are challenged by Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi, "the Expected One," the head of the Muslim forces.

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