Director
John Huston
Leading Actors/Actresses
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Robert Morley
Genre
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Language
English
Awards
Won Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role - Humphrey Bogart
Date of Release
1951
Producer
Sam Spiegel
Setting and Context
Africa during World War I
Narrator and Point of View
POV is that of Rose and Charlie
Tone and Mood
Serious and Dramatic with Romance and Danger
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonists are Rose and Charlie. Antagonist is the German Army
Major Conflict
German soldiers burn down the village where Rose and her brother Samuel have come to minister to the people. Shortly after Samuel dies, Charlie and Rose seek to sink a German ship in order to join the war and fight the enemy
Climax
Charlie and Rose are captured by the Germans and set to be hanged. They are married by the ship's captain prior to their sentence. Soon after the German ship hits their capsized boat with the homemade torpedoes and sinks before the Germans can kill them.
Foreshadowing
The German soldiers burning down the village foreshadow the revenge that Rose will seek in order to avenge her brother and the people she serves.
Understatement
The danger on the river is understated.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
n/a
Allusions
The film is an allusion to the fight that many missionaries have all over the world of having to protect the people they are serving from a military force that seeks to destroy them.
Paradox
Rose is a missionary, but seeks to destroy a German ship and all of the men on it.
Parallelism
The steam whistle upon Charlie's second entry to the village parallels the whistle when we first meet him.
