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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.
Theatrical
Mar 9, 1930
Cast
Full credits →J
Jean Hersholt
August Bolte (Mamba)
E
Eleanor Boardman
Helen von Linden
R
Ralph Forbes
Karl von Reiden
C
Claude Fleming
Major Cromwell
W
Will Stanton
Cockney servant
W
Wilhelm von Brincken
Major von Shultz
H
Hazel Jones
Hassim's daughter
A
Arthur Stone
British soldier
A
Andrés de Segurola
E
Edward Martindel
N
Noble Johnson
J
Josef Swickard
