Bosambo

Título original: Sanders of the River

1935
Approved
1h 38min

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Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, and Paul Robeson in Bosambo (1935)

Adaptación de un relato de Edgar Wallace ambientado en la Nigeria colonial británica. Sigue la pista a un estricto oficial, que para poner orden cuenta con la ayuda de un jefe nativo, que re... Leer todoAdaptación de un relato de Edgar Wallace ambientado en la Nigeria colonial británica. Sigue la pista a un estricto oficial, que para poner orden cuenta con la ayuda de un jefe nativo, que rebosa sentido común.Adaptación de un relato de Edgar Wallace ambientado en la Nigeria colonial británica. Sigue la pista a un estricto oficial, que para poner orden cuenta con la ayuda de un jefe nativo, que rebosa sentido común.

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Curiosidades
Some of the wonderful looking shots of African river scenes were in fact filmed on the River Thames at Shepperton.

Pifias
Although the film is nominally set in Nigeria (as shown on the map in Sanders' office), the aerial wildlife shots seem to have been taken in East Africa (e.g., Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika). Given the presence of Jomo Kenyatta as an extra in the cast, it is likely that the African scenes were shot on the eastern coast of Africa rather than in Nigeria.

Citas
Bosambo: Lord Sandi, I lie to anybody if I think it is good for me. But, I will never lie to you.
Commissioner R.G. Sanders: That will be very wise, Bosambo.

Conexiones
Featured in Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Made His Name (1976)

Banda sonora
The Song of the Spear
Music by Mischa Spoliansky
Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis
Sung by Paul Robeson

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6/10

Interesting museum piece

"Sanders of the River" is trapped in the time of its creation like an insect in amber, but it's worth seeing if only to understand the expectations of that time.

The British characters are supposed to be the heroes of the tale, but they are wooden and unsympathetic, even interchangeable. It is impossible to care about them. They even chase animals from a plane Just For Fun.

Africans are portrayed as simple minded, but they are also clearly loyal, brave, loving individuals with some (limited) depth to them, which is more than can be said of the cardboard cut-out white characters. In fact, the real rotters of the tale are trouble-making whites.