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Mamba

1930 78 min ★ 4.9 Drama

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.

Writer: Tom Miranda Writer: Winifred Dunn Director: Albert S. Rogell

Cast

Jean Hersholt Jean Hersholt August Bolte (Mamba)
Eleanor Boardman Eleanor Boardman Helen von Linden
Ralph Forbes Ralph Forbes Karl von Reiden
Claude Fleming Claude Fleming Major Cromwell
Will Stanton Will Stanton Cockney servant
Wilhelm von Brincken Wilhelm von Brincken Major von Shultz
Hazel Jones Hazel Jones Hassim's daughter
Arthur Stone Arthur Stone British soldier
Andrés de Segurola Andrés de Segurola
Edward Martindel Edward Martindel
Noble Johnson Noble Johnson
Josef Swickard Josef Swickard