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Khartoum is a 1966 British adventure, war, and drama film directed by Basil Dearden and produced by Julian Blaustein. The screenplay was written by Robert Ardrey, with music composed by Frank Cordell and cinematography by Edward Scaife. The cast includes Laurence Olivier, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, and Ralph Richardson. The narrative is set in Sudan, London, Cairo, and Khartoum, featuring characters such as Charles George Gordon and Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah.
Filming took place in Egypt and at Pinewood Studios. The production had a budget of 6,000,000 and a capital cost of 8,000,000. The film has a runtime of 134 minutes or 128 minutes. It was distributed by United Artists and Netflix, with availability on video on demand platforms including Amazon Prime Video and YouTube TV. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
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6.3English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
- Laurence Olivier as Mahdi
- Richard Johnson as Colonel Stewart
- Ralph Richardson as William Gladstone
- Alexander Knox as Sir Evelyn Baring
- Johnny Sekka as Khaleel
Themes
- africa
- siege
- british empire
- islam
- sudan
- victorian england
- desert
- insurgent
- decapitated head
- british colonialism
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
8,472 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1966
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Basil Dearden
- Screenwriter
- Robert Ardrey
- Cast member
- Jerome Willis
- Composer
- Frank Cordell
- Producer
- Julian Blaustein
- Cinematographer
- Edward Scaife
- Narrative location
- Sudan
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 562488
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1966-09-22
- title
- Khartoum
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 100%
- characters
- William Hicks
- capital cost
- 8000000
- Commons category
- Khartoum (film)
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