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Mountains of the Moon (1990)

136 min · Adventure · Drama · History

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.

Film

Mountains of the Moon (1990)

IMDb7.16.6TMDB136 min

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

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.

Director
Bob Rafelson

Themes19th centuryafricabased on novel or bookbritish empireexpedition