Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Mar 23, 2010

0h 57m

★ 6.7

Overview

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Self

Angela Allen

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Rudy Behlmer

Self

Laurence Bergreen

Self

Theodore Bikel

Self

John Philip Dayton

Self

John Forester

Self

Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni

Self

Lawrence Grobel

Self

Guy Hamilton

Self

Tony Huston

Self

Eric Lax

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David Lewin

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