Mountains of the Moon

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. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then dissolving after their journey.

Genres:

Adventure, Drama, History

Release:

Feb 16, 1990

Production:

TriStar Pictures , IndieProd Company Productions , Zephyr Films , Carolco Pictures

Casts:

Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, John Savident, James Villiers, Adrian Rawlins, Peter Vaughan, Delroy Lindo, Bernard Hill, Matthew Marsh, Richard Caldicot, Christopher Fulford, Garry Cooper, Roshan Seth, Paul Onsongo, Jimmy Gardner, Doreen Mantle, Anna Massey, Peter Eyre, Leslie Phillips, Frances Cuka, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Craig Crosbie, Lenny Juma, Bheki Tonto Ngema, Martin Okello, Philip Voss, Roger Rees, Pip Torrens, Ian Vincent, Esther Njiru, Alison Limerick, Asiba Asiba, Omar Sharif, Ralph Nossek, Stewart Harwood, George Malpas, Robert Whelan, Bill Croasdale, Renny Krupinski