Mountains of the Moon

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

Mountains of the Moon

Adventure|

Drama|

History|

6/10

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.

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