History Film / Khartoum

''Khartoum'' is a 1966 British {{epic|movie}} historical war adventure film, directed by Creator/BasilDearden and starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Creator/RalphRichardson, and Richard Johnson.

** The film gives on to General Gordon in keeping with his Custer-like hagiography, it emphasizes his interesting in manumitting slavery and likewise emphasizes his personal rivalry with Mohammed Ahmad.

* SacrificialLamb: Ultimately [[spoiler:Gordon himself. He knowingly does so, and it ultimately leads to public outcry at his fate which finally forced the British to re-invade the Sudan 10 years later, where they recaptured Khartoum in 1898.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: Whether for better or for worse, this film seems to often be considered such to the iconic ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' given their relatively close proximity of release, as well as their similar subject matter and lead protagonists with some striking parallels. Which is quite interesting given how Prince Faisal references this film's central figure with the line, “I think you are another of these desert-loving English – Doughty, Stanhope, Gordon of Khartoum.” In spite of that though, ''Khartoum'' does seem to manage to keep a generally positive, though rather obscure at this point, reputation.

''Khartoum'' is a 1966 historical adventure and war [[EpicMovie epic film]] directed by Creator/BasilDearden and starring the genre's icon Creator/CharltonHeston.

* MohsScaleOfViolenceHardness: It rates a pretty hard 4, because blood is not an uncommon sight during the battle scenes. A character, [[spoiler:William Hicks (Edward Underdown)]], is briefly shown impaled by a thrown spear (small amount of blood), a disembodied hand is showed off (wrist stump not shown), and there's the implied sight of severed heads.

The film is based on historical accounts of Charles Gordon's defence of the Sudanese city of Khartoum from the forces of the Mahdist army during the Siege of Khartoum in 1884–1885.

''Khartoum'' is a 1966 released historical adventure, war epic film directed by Creator/BasilDearden and starring the epic genre icon Creator/CharltonHeston. The film is based on historical accounts of Charles Gordon's defence of the Sudanese city of Khartoum from the forces of the Mahdist army during the Siege of Khartoum.

* WorthyOpponent: Interstingly, the Madhi appears to consider Gordon such. He seems to develop a genuine admiration for him, and seems to genuinely want to spare him from death. Confirmed by his reaction to [[spoiler:seeing Gordon's severed head in the aftermath of the final battle.]]