Gordon Of Khartoum Charlton Heston
Hestons general gordon is pitted against oliviers mahdi not his finest hour or make up to be honest over the city of khartoum.
Gordon of khartoum charlton heston. Henty wrote a young adults novel. The siege of khartoum is the setting for wilbur smith s novel the triumph of the sun pub. It stars charlton heston as british gen.
Military governor of sudan commander and an engineer. Ralph richardson as william ewart gladstone prime minister. Bbc 1982 produced by malcolm brown 1930 2017 narrated by robert hardy 1925 2017.
Khartoum is a 1966 film written by robert ardrey and directed by basil dearden. Cultural depictions these events are depicted in the 1966 film khartoum with charlton heston as general gordon and laurence olivier as. Gordon wants to save the people and uphold the christian ideals with a gun in hand.
Alexander knox as sir evelyn. They decide to ask general charles chinese gordon charlton heston something of a folk hero in the sudan as he had cleared the area of the slave trade to arrange for the evacuation. Mahdis plan is simple he wants to kill everybody historically inaccurate but this is hollywood and usher in a new islamic kingdom.
After al mahdi refuses gordon a stubborn egotist looking for martyrdom ignores gladstones orders to return to london and instead stays on to fortify the city. After an egyptian army commanded by british officers is destroyed in a battle in the sudan in the 1880s the british government is in a quandary. 2005 and david gibbins.
Charles chinese gordon and laurence olivier as muhammad ahmed a sudanese leader whose devotees proclaimed him the mahdi with a supporting cast that includes richard johnson and ralph richardson4. Laurence olivier as muhammad ahmed the mahdi. British prime minister william gladstone ralph richardson orders general gordon charlton heston to the sudanese capital of khartoum to broker a deal with al mahdi that will allow civilians to be evacuated from the city.
Charles george gordon major general charles george gordon cb 28 january 1833 26 january 1885 also known as chinese gordon gordon pasha and gordon of khartoum was a british army officer and administrator. Charlton heston as general charles gordon.