Khartoum
1966 film by Basil Dearden
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Summary
Khartoum is a film[1]. Khartoum ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,082 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Basil Dearden[3]
- Screenwriter: Robert Ardrey[4]
- Composer: Frank Cordell[5]
- Genre: adventure film[6], war film[7], drama film[8]
- Cast member: Laurence Olivier[9], Charlton Heston[10], Richard Johnson[11], Ralph Richardson[12], Alexander Knox[13], Michael Hordern[14], Nigel Green[15], Alan Tilvern[16], Douglas Wilmer[17], Edward Underdown[18], Hugh Williams[19], Johnny Sekka[20], Marne Maitland[21], Peter Arne[22]
- Producer: Julian Blaustein[23]
- Director of photography: Edward Scaife[24]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[25]
- Commons category: Khartoum (film)[26]
- Distribution format: video on demand[27]
- Review score: 7/10[28], 100%[29]
- Color: color[30]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[31]
- Publication date: January 1, 1966[32], June 9, 1966[33], June 15, 1966[34], September 16, 1966[35], September 22, 1966[36]
- Characters: Charles George Gordon[37], Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah[38], John Donald Hamill Stewart[39], William Ewart Gladstone[40], Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer[41], Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley[42], Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville[43], Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener[44], Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire[45], al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur[46], Abdallahi ibn Muhammad[47], William Hicks[48]
- Distributed by: United Artists[49], Netflix[50]
- Narrative location: London[51], Cairo[52], Khartoum[53], Sudan[54]
- Filming location: Egypt[55], Pinewood Studios[56]
- Main subject: Mahdist War[57]
- Film editor: Fergus McDonell[58]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[59]
- Title: Khartoum[60]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[61]
- Duration: 134 minutes[62]
- Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1[63]
Why It Matters
Khartoum has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Khartoum is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]