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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) 6.2
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro. Director:Henry KingWriter:Casey Robinson (screenplay) |
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Harry Street
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Helen
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Cynthia Green
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Hildegard Knef | ... |
Countess Liz
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Uncle Bill
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Beatrice
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Connie
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Emile
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Vicente Gómez | ... |
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As writer Harry Street lays gravely wounded from an African hunting accident he feverishly reflects on what he perceives as his failures at love and writing. Through his delirium he recalls his one true love Cynthia Green who he lost by his obsession for roaming the world in search of stories for his novels. Though she is dead Cynthia continues to haunt Street's thoughts. In spite of one successful novel after another, Street feels he has compromised his talent to ensure the success of his books, making him a failure in his eyes. His neglected wife Helen tends to his wounds, listens to his ranting, endures his talk of lost loves, and tries to restore in him the will to fight his illness until help arrives. Her devotion to him makes him finally realize that he is not a failure. With his realization of a chance for love and happiness with Helen, he regains his will to live. Written by E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com>
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His Adventures . . . Like His Loves . . . Were Great and Exciting !Parents Guide:
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Country:
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18 December 1952 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Ernest Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro See more »Company Credits
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Cynthia Green: Darling!
Harry Street: Don't spoil it! Don't talk it all away!
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(alles war so leer) (uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
Sung by Hildegard Knef
at the Piano: Amanda Ambrose
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Although there was some impressive second unit work shot in Kenya, the principal actors shot their African scenes in Hollywood. See more »Goofs
At the restaurant in Spain, prior to when Harry leaves Cynthia at the table, he puts his left hand on her left arm in the long shot. In the closer shot, he is seen to take his right hand off her left arm as he stands up. See more »Quotes
Harry Street: [talking about their African trip] There's a wonderful book in it. Maybe I'll write it some day.Cynthia Green: Darling!
Harry Street: Don't spoil it! Don't talk it all away!
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Soundtracks
"You Do Something to Me"(alles war so leer) (uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
Sung by Hildegard Knef
at the Piano: Amanda Ambrose
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Gregory Peck leads an all-star cast in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," a big 1952 film directed by Henry King and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. With a cast that includes Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward, Hildegarde Neff and Leo J. Carroll, and a story based on a story by Ernest Hemingway, one expects something more - much more - than what is delivered by this plodding film.
Peck plays a writer with a severe leg infection. As he lays in Africa waiting for a transport while his wife (Hayward) cares for him, he believes he's dying. He goes over his past life and loves - a girl he disappoints in his youth, then Cynthia (Gardner) the love of his life, followed by Neff, and Hayward, whom he mistakes for Cynthia when he first meets her.
Henry King mixes some beautiful scenery with stock footage of Africa. Since it's Hemingway, the movie has a macho sensibility - a lot of hunting, drinking, implied sex, and a bullfight. It's only in the last couple of scenes that the film's energy picks up - but by then, it's too late. The performances are okay - strangely, Gardner's character seems the most fleshed out. That isn't saying much - one gets the impression a lot was cut, leaving holes in characterizations and the viewer completely detached from them. Altogether, a disappointing experience.