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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) -- Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.

Overview

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6.3/10   1,611 votes
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Director:
Henry King
Writers:
Casey Robinson (screenplay) and
Ernest Hemingway (short story)
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Release Date:
18 December 1952 (Australia) more
Tagline:
His Adventures . . . Like His Loves . . . Were Great and Exciting !
Plot:
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Gregory Peck ... Harry Street

Susan Hayward ... Helen

Ava Gardner ... Cynthia Green
Hildegard Knef ... Countess Liz (as Hildegarde Neff)
Leo G. Carroll ... Uncle Bill
Torin Thatcher ... Johnson
Ava Norring ... Beatrice (model)
Helene Stanley ... Connie (Harry's first girl)
Marcel Dalio ... Emile
Vicente Gómez ... Guitarist (as Vicente Gomez)
Richard Allan ... Spanish dancer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ernest Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (1989) | West Germany:16 (f) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #15807)
Filming Locations:
Cairo, Egypt more

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Trivia:
Gregory Peck resisted taking the role because an earlier Ernest Hemingway adaptation he had appeared in, The Macomber Affair (1947) had been a box-office flop. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In bringing down the rhino, Harry Street manages to squeeze off three shots from a double-barreled rifle. more
Quotes:
Johnson: Why is it everyone who comes to Africa has to write a book about it? One silly beggar even dedicated his to me! Never came back or I'd have shot him in the pants! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hilde (2009) more
Soundtrack:
You Do Something to Me more

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13 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Classic Hemmingway On the Silver Screen, 24 April 2005
8/10
Author: nobsnews from USA

Director Henry King is what keeps this movie from getting 10 stars. Yet, despite his poor cinematography, poor directing and failure to take advantage of scenic backdrops (yet they shine through occasionally), the cast and the story save the film.

Peck portrays former Chicago Times journalist Harry Street, a fictional character penned by Ernest Hemmingway, portraying a strong glimpse himself . . . a bit ego-centric while feigning humility and modesty. Peck is superb at bringing Harry Street to life . . . and Hemmingway is always looming in the background of Street's character, like a phantom . . . the boozing womanizer, masking his insecurities with alcohol, egotism, aloofness toward other's feelings and needs. The beautiful, sexy, gorgeous Ava Gardner, one of the VERY few Hollywood starlets who could actually act, gives an excellent performance as the emotionally insecure, very dependent, sexually charged, less than moral, love of his life. Co-dependency could have been based on her character, Cynthia Green. Cynthia was too insecure to let Street live his life . . . Street was too self-centered and aloof to recognize Cynthia's emotional needs . . . very Hemmingway!

As he lay delirious on a bed in Africa, from a thorn scratch infection, snow covered Mt. Kilimanjaro looming in the background, Street recalls the lost loves of his past years, with Cynthia dominating his memories, as his one true love. His current wife, Helen, portrayed by Susan Hayward, tries desperately to find her place in his life, always feeling herself in the shadow of Cynthia and a later love, Countess Liz, played by Hildegard Neff, a selfish and insecure socialite, desperate to hang onto Street. Feverishly, Street flows in and out of consciousness, the scenes from his memories playing out in his mind, as Helen compassionately wipes his sweaty brow and tries to care for him, as he pushes her away.

This is a good film! Hemmingway fans should receive it well, as should fans of Peck and Gardner.

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