Mamba (1930)
FORBIDDEN LOVE...PASSIONATE HATE!
78 min
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.
- Release date
- March 9, 1930
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Jean Hersholt as August Bolte (Mamba)
- Eleanor Boardman as Helen von Linden
- Ralph Forbes as Karl von Reiden
- Claude Fleming as Maj. Cromwell
- Wilhelm von Brincken as Maj. von Schultz
- Will Stanton as Cockney Servant
- Matthew 'Stymie' Beard as Native Boy
- Andrés de Segurola as Guido
- Freddie Burke Frederick as Little Boy at Fort
- Noble Johnson as Hassim
Crew
- Albert S. Rogell · Director
- John Reinhardt · Writer
- Ferdinand Schumann-Heink · Writer
- Tom Miranda · Writer
- James C. Bradford · Composer
- Charles P. Boyle · Cinematographer
- Richard Cahoon · Editor