Characters & Themes
Simba (1955) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1955 · 99 mins · English
- Directed by
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- Starring
- Ben Johnson, Errol John, Basil Sydney, Virginia McKenna, Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden
Set in East Africa during the early 1950s, a European family living on a plantation becomes entangled in a violent uprising as Kenyan Africans rise against their white colonial rulers. The film dramatizes the Mau‑Mau rebellion, portraying the clash of cultures and the turmoil of the period.
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