Mountains of the Moon

Year: 1990

Runtime: 136 mins

Language: English

Director: Bob Rafelson

DramaHistoryAdventureEpic history and literatureEpic adventure and breathtaking battles

Two strangers forge a bond in a hostile wilderness, only to become rivals under civilization. Captain Richard Francis Burton and Lieutenant John Hanning Speke lead a Victorian mission to locate the Nile’s source for Queen Victoria’s empire. Their friendship deepens amid hardship and then collapses as rivalry and conflicting claims arise.

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