Body and Passion
1972
Mamba
9/3/1930 1h 18m 4.8/10
Overview
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.
Director
Albert S. Rogell
Top Billed Cast
Jean Hersholt
August Bolte (Mamba)
Ralph Forbes
Karl von Reiden
Will Stanton
Cockney servant
Eleanor Boardman
Helen von Linden
Wilhelm von Brincken
Major von Shultz
Claude Fleming
Major Cromwell
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