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49% Critic Match
Mamba
“FORBIDDEN LOVE...PASSIONATE HATE!”
4.9 / 10• 1930• 1h 18m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.
Cast & Crew
Jean Hersholt
August Bolte (Mamba)
Lead
Eleanor Boardman
Helen von Linden
Ralph Forbes
Karl von Reiden
Claude Fleming
Major Cromwell
Will Stanton
Cockney servant
Wilhelm von Brincken
Major von Shultz
HJ
Hazel Jones
Hassim's daughter
Arthur Stone
British soldier
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Albert S. Rogell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mamba is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
