The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (in English: The Snows of Kilimanjaro) is a 1952 American film Based on the homonymous story by Ernest Hemingway, directed by Henry King and with Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner as main actors. The film was nominated for two Oscars: for best artistic direction and for best photography.

Plot

Harry Street (Gregory Peck) is a writer who has been seriously injured in a hunting accident in Africa. He is prostrate in his bunk in the camp set up near the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. In his feverish fits he recalls his past and how he lost the woman he loved the most (Ava Gardner) and who is now dead. He reproaches himself for having put his work as a writer before his private life, and considers himself a failure. His wife Helen (Susan Hayward) looks after him while they wait for help to arrive. She is understanding and shows her love for her. Little by little Harry realizes that together with his wife he will be able to rebuild his life.

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Character	Original Actor	Voice actor	Voice actor	Voice actor	Voice actor	Voice actor	Voice actor
		Cinema (25-9-1953)	Cinema (1967)	TVE (25-2-1973)	Cinema (26-4-1985)	VHS Polisistem S.A. (?-6-1987)	DVD CD-Video-S.L. (2002)
Harry Street	Gregory Peck	José Guardiola	Rafael Luis Calvo	Abilio Fernández	Luis Carrillo	Héctor Cantolla
Harry Street (Young)	Charles Bates		Roberto Martín	Abilio Fernández
Cynthia Green	Ava Gardner	Mari Angeles Herranz	Elsa Fábregas	Rosa Guiñón	Celia Honrubia	Paloma Escola	Toni Avilés
Helen	Susan Hayward	Lola Cervantes	María Luisa Solá	Mari Angeles Herranz	María Dolores Díaz	Maria Massip	Rosa María Hernández
Countess Liz	Hildegard Knef	Elsa Fábregas	Roser Cavallé	Ana María Saizar	Mary Jesus Nieto
Molo	Emmett Smith		José María Angelat		Julio Núñez
Uncle Bill	Leo G. Carroll	Juan León Córdoba	Felipe Peña	Francisco Sánchez	Féliz	Claudio
Mr. Johnson	Torin Thatcher	Julio Goróstegui	Arsenio Corsellas	Joaquín Vidriales	Roberto Cuenca Martínez	José María Cordero
Emile	Marcel Dalio		Joaquín Díaz	Fernando Mateo	Alfonso Laguna	Francisco Andrés Valdivia
Dr. Simmons	Leonard Carey		Miguel Alonso			Francisco Arenzana
Connie	Helen Stanley		Rosa Guiñón	Delia Luna
Annette	Janine Grandel		Maria Victoria Durá	Ana Díaz Plana
Major	George Davis		José María Angelat
American Soldier	Bert Freed		José María Angelat	Juan Miguel Cuesta	Federico Guillén

Production

It was not easy for Henry King to convince Gregory Peck to participate in the project since he had worked on another adaptation of the famous novelist and it had been a failure.

Once everything was ready for shooting, the film was shot in Tanzania. It was also shot in France, Spain and Egypt. It was shot between February 10, 1952 and April 21, 1952.