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Rhodes

Original title: Rhodes of Africa
  • 19361936
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
214
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Walter Huston, Sarah Gertrude Millin, and Berthold Viertel in Rhodes (1936)
Biography
This rousing adventure film tells the true story of Cecil Rhodes, a diamond miner who helped found the South African colonies.This rousing adventure film tells the true story of Cecil Rhodes, a diamond miner who helped found the South African colonies.This rousing adventure film tells the true story of Cecil Rhodes, a diamond miner who helped found the South African colonies.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
214
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Berthold Viertel
    • Geoffrey Barkas(exteriors: South Africa)
  • Writers
    • Leslie Arliss(adaptation)
    • Michael Barringer(adaptation)
    • Miles Malleson(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Walter Huston
    • Oskar Homolka
    • Basil Sydney
  • Directors
    • Berthold Viertel
    • Geoffrey Barkas(exteriors: South Africa)
  • Writers
    • Leslie Arliss(adaptation)
    • Michael Barringer(adaptation)
    • Miles Malleson(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Walter Huston
    • Oskar Homolka
    • Basil Sydney
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 9User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Oskar Homolka in Rhodes (1936)
    Peggy Ashcroft and Walter Huston in Rhodes (1936)
    Peggy Ashcroft and Walter Huston in Rhodes (1936)
    Rhodes (1936)
    Rhodes (1936)
    Rhodes (1936)
    Rhodes (1936)
    Rhodes (1936)

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    Walter Huston
    Walter Huston
    • Cecil John Rhodes
    Oskar Homolka
    Oskar Homolka
    • Ohm Paul Kruger
    Basil Sydney
    Basil Sydney
    • Dr. Jim Jameson
    Frank Cellier
    Frank Cellier
    • Barney Barnato
    Peggy Ashcroft
    Peggy Ashcroft
    • Anna Carpenter
    Renee De Vaux
    • Mrs. Paul Kruger
    Percy Parsons
    Percy Parsons
    • Hendricks
    Bernard Lee
    Bernard Lee
    • Cartwright
    Lewis Casson
    Lewis Casson
    • Rev. Charles Helm
    Ndaniso Kumala
    • King Lobengula
    Ndanisa Kumalo
    • King Lobengula
    • (as Ndanisa Kumalo of Matabele Land)
    Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer
    • Johannesburg Diplomat
    • (uncredited)
    Diana de Vaux
    • Sara
    • (uncredited)
    Leo Genn
    Leo Genn
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Ernest Jay
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Glennis Lorimer
    • Cartwright's Fiancee
    • (uncredited)
    Miles Malleson
    Miles Malleson
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Julien Mitchell
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Berthold Viertel
      • Geoffrey Barkas(exteriors: South Africa)
    • Writers
      • Leslie Arliss(adaptation)
      • Michael Barringer(adaptation)
      • Miles Malleson(dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
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      Come Down and Open the Door
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      Written by Slade Murray and A. Sutherd

    User reviews9

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    10/10
    A bio-pic about Cecil Rhodes, probably best known today as the founder of the Rhodes scholarship.
    A remarkable film with remarkable performances by Huston infusing the character of Rhodes with a suggestion of madness, by Oscar Homolka as Kruger, a rare opportunity to see a fairly young Peggy Ashcroft and most of all the performance by Ndaniso Kumala as Lobengula. A remarkable man, a remarkable face, remarkable expressiveness. There's nothing else like this performance anywhere in movies. I was unable to find anything about him on line.

    The location scenes, evidently shot in Rhodesia are stunning. One can only imagine what they would have been like in color.

    The politics of the movie...don't pay too much attention. Rhodes was a complex character and according to present day morality a bad lot: a racist; and imperialist. But who he actually was, should have nothing whatever to do with the enjoyment of this unique and remarkable movie.
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    • jeffgillman
    • Apr 25, 2012

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    • Release date
      • February 20, 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Rhodes of Africa
    • Filming locations
      • Gainsborough Studios, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Gaumont British Picture Corporation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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