Kongo

19321932
PassedPassed
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

919

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Drama Horror

This remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a livin... Read allThis remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a living god. He rules the local natives through superstition and stage magic and he rules the fe... Read allThis remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a living god. He rules the local natives through superstition and stage magic and he rules the few white people through sadism, keeping them virtual prisoners. He lives for the day he can... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

919

YOUR RATING

Director
- William J. Cowen
Writers
- Leon Gordon(screen play)
- Chester M. De Vonde(based upon the play by)
- Kilbourn Gordon(based upon the play by)
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Walter Huston and Lupe Velez in Kongo (1932)

Virginia Bruce and Walter Huston in Kongo (1932)

Virginia Bruce, Walter Huston, and Conrad Nagel in Kongo (1932)

Virginia Bruce and Conrad Nagel in Kongo (1932)

Trivia
Some sets for this film were also used for Saigonin kaunotar (1932).

Quotes
Tula: [Tula has just given a drink of "gin" to a tribal chieftain; he refuses to return the bottle] I hate to see good gin wasted on a dried-up monkey like that.
Cookie Harris: That's not gin I gave him - - that's kerosene.
[Cookie and Tula look at the chief, happily drinking the "gin," and both giggle]

Connections
Edited from West of Zanzibar (1928)

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Strong stuff

A beautiful, young woman is mentally and physically tortured by a rival of her father. Bizarre, to say the least. VERY very brutal even by today's standards. The film opens with a decapitation! There's also rape, whippings, drug abuse, torture, incest...basically the works. It's very surprising that MGM let this film be made let alone released! It's a really good movie but very tough. For strong stomaches only.

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