Movies and TvShows featuring "colonial-africa" theme.

Out of Africa is a historical drama based on the memoir of Karen Blixen, a Danish writer who falls in love with a big-game hunter in colonial Africa in the 1910s. The film explores their passionate but complicated relationship against the backdrop of the majestic African landscape.

After a missing-person case turns into a treasure hunt, Allan Quatermain and his team embark on an expedition to find the legendary city of gold. Along the way, they face dangerous villains, solve riddles, and encounter various obstacles in their quest for the hidden treasure.

In colonial Africa, a woman is haunted by her past as she navigates through a complex web of secrets and relationships.

Set in 1940s Kenya, White Mischief follows the story of a wealthy British expatriate community indulging in a hedonistic and decadent lifestyle. When a murder trial uncovers secrets and revenge, marriages are tested and alliances are broken in this captivating period drama.

The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the body of a French soldier; he steals the dead man's uniform and identification papers, then hides from the law by joining the Resistance movement. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reforms him, and in due time he has sacrificed himself in service of his country.

A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.

Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends the disillusioned fellow back to Europe. Sometimes described as frustrating and self-centered, reactions to this film swing across a broad spectrum of complaints -- not the least might be whether or not Gainsbourg is using a clichéd and stereotypical view of "dark Africa" to convey what he sees in his characters.

In the 1830s, a Danish botanist ventures to the Gold Coast of West Africa where he must navigate the complexities of colonialism to protect a coffee plantation. Inspired by a true story, he faces the challenges of plantation life, the dark reality of slavery, and the struggle for independence.