Simba: The King of the Beasts (1928) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1928 · 87 mins · English

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Starring

Osa Johnson, Martin E. Johnson

The 1928 American black‑and‑white silent documentary, directed by the husband‑and‑wife team Martin and Osa Johnson, chronicles their four‑year trek across the Kenyan veld in pursuit of a lion named Simba. The film records the couple’s observations of the pride’s habits and culminates with a dramatic encounter at the animal’s lair.