Mamba

Overview

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.

Cast

Jean Hersholt

August Bolte (Mamba)

Eleanor Boardman

Helen von Linden

Ralph Forbes

Karl von Reiden

Claude Fleming

Major Cromwell

Will Stanton

Cockney servant

Wilhelm von Brincken

Major von Shultz

N/A

Hazel Jones

Hassim's daughter

Arthur Stone

British soldier

Andrés de Segurola

Edward Martindel

Noble Johnson

Josef Swickard