Mountains of the Moon
1990 · 2h 16m · Adventure, Drama, History · United States of America, United Kingdom · Rated R (US)
Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.
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.
Directed by
Bob RafelsonBased on the novel by
William Harrison6.3Smart score
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19th centuryafricabased on novel or bookbritish empireexpeditionexplorationgay themelake victorianileriver
RatingR (US)
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