AdventureRomanceDrama

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

- His adventures . . . Like his loves . . . Were great and exciting!

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Release Date : 1952-10-08

Language :EnglishFrenchSpanishSwahili

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Ernest Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Cast

Character Name : Harry Street

Original Name : Gregory Peck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helen Street

Original Name : Susan Hayward

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cynthia Green

Original Name : Ava Gardner

Gender : Female

Character Name : Countess Liz

Original Name : Hildegard Knef

Gender : Female

Character Name : Uncle Bill Swift

Original Name : Leo G. Carroll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnson

Original Name : Torin Thatcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beatrice

Original Name : Ava Norring

Gender : Male

Character Name : Connie

Original Name : Helene Stanley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emile

Original Name : Marcel Dalio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gitarrist

Original Name : Vicente Gómez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spanish Dancer

Original Name : Richard Allan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Edmund Simmons (uncredited)

Original Name : Leonard Carey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pianist (uncredited)

Original Name : Amanda Ambrose

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Sugarfoot Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

Original Name : Salvador Baguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry at Seventeen (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Bates

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Nina Borget

Gender : Female

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Maurice Brierre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Accordion Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Brunner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Brunner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Accordion Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Ernest Brunner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alto Sax Soloist (uncredited)

Original Name : Benny Carter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georgette (uncredited)

Original Name : Monique Chantal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : André Charlot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Colmans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : George Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abdulla (uncredited)

Original Name : James Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spanish Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Amapola Del Vando

Gender : Female

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Victor Desny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Compton - Cynthia's First Man (uncredited)

Original Name : John Dodsworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beggar (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Dulac

Gender : Male

Character Name : Native (uncredited)

Original Name : Wade Dumas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paddler (uncredited)

Original Name : Elzie Emanuel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vendeuse (uncredited)

Original Name : Lisa Ferraday

Gender : Female

Character Name : Spanish Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Fierro

Gender : Male

Character Name : American Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Freed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spanish Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Martín Garralaga

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annette (uncredited)

Original Name : Janine Grandel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margot (uncredited)

Original Name : Agnès Laury

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marquis (uncredited)

Original Name : Ivan Lebedeff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph Lenzi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : Jay Loft-Lynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Valet (uncredited)

Original Name : Alphonse Martell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

Original Name : George Navarro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Constance Purdy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dying Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Tito Renaldo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Julian Rivero

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : John Roy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Molo - African Servant (uncredited)

Original Name : Emmett Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Staunton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Witch Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Bertil Unger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess (uncredited)

Original Name : Maya Van Horn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gambler (uncredited)

Original Name : Paula Vernay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Cecil Weston

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charles (uncredited)

Original Name : Victor Wood

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

_**An agglomeration of Hemmingway stories with Peck, Hayward and Gardner**_ In the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro, a wounded writer (Gregory Peck) deliriously reflects on his past loves & adventures in Paris, the French Riviera and Spain during the Spanish Civil War. “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (1952) is a melodramatic drama/romance/adventure, the quaint blueprint for future flicks like “Legends of The Fall” (1994). It’s an assemblage of several unrelated Hemmingway stories, including the title one (obviously), as well as his nonfiction book Death in the Afternoon (1932). The Peck character, Harry Street, is basically a fictional version of Hemingway, who was an author/journalist attracted to traveling, adventure, war and women. He was a volunteer ambulance driver in Italy during WW1 where he was wounded by shrapnel in both legs, which is depicted in the well done “In Love and War” (1996). As a journalist, he was in Spain during much of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), hunted on safaris in Africa and was fascinated by bullfighting in Spain & Mexico. Harry Street comes across as a self-absorbed drama queen who treats gorgeous women dubiously. But the African scenery helps assuage some of the monotony, like the hippos on the river, but the rhinoceros killing is painful to watch because I hate the unnecessary killing of animals, especially mighty ones who could easily kick the hunter’s axx if he didn’t have a rifle. If you’re not in the right mode, this can be a ponderously episodic bore. But it’s rescued by featuring two of Hollywood's most beautiful ladies, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner, not to mention Hildegard Knef. Susan’s pal, Hedy Lamarr, was originally offered the role Ava eventually took. The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes and was shot in Nairobi, Kenya; Cairo, Egypt; and the French Riviera; as well as 20th Century Fox Studios, Century City, Los Angeles. GRADE: B-/C+

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-11

Gregory Peck is "Harry Street", a successful writer confined to bed on an African hunting trip after an accident. Drifting in and out of lucidity, and tended by wife "Helen" (Rita Hayward) he reflects on his life and loves. Much of his recollection focusses on "Cynthia" (Ava Gardner), the woman he loved but lost to his determination to be a successful author and to the Spanish Civil War. The author feels his life somewhat empty, worthless even, but can the efforts of his wife with all of her devotion bring him to his senses? The story is an amalgam of two Hemingway stories that knit together nicely, the photography does justice to the settings - grand Kenyan wilderness to Parisian scenes and it has a pleasing Bernard Herrmann score that adds much richness to the whole look. The retrospective, episodic, style of narrative doesn't' help the pace of the story though. At times it drags, and the acting seems oddly sterile for a story that is so essentially visceral. Even at his most impassioned, Peck struggled with parts that required him to demonstrate any sort of emotion; and even with two of cinema's most noted experts in that field working with him here, it still struggles to catch fire. There is some action around the Civil War scenarios, but mostly this is a fairly faithful representation of the books delivering a modestly engaging introspection from a man who's led an interesting life.