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Mountains of the Moon

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

6.6/ 1019902h 16mR

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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.

Directed by Bob Rafelson

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Patrick Bergin

Patrick Bergin

Richard Burton

Iain Glen

Iain Glen

John Hanning Speke

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Oliphant

Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Isabel

John Savident

John Savident

Lord Murchison

James Villiers

James Villiers

Lord Oliphant

Adrian Rawlins

Adrian Rawlins

Edward

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Lord Houghton