Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- wistful
- melancholic
- romantic
- classic cinema night
- romantic drama evening
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's star performances, lush color cinematography, and sweeping mixture of adventure and romance, while finding the Hemingway-derived screenplay uneven and the resolution conventional.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film moves among African hunting grounds, Paris, the French Riviera, and Spain, with critics especially praising its color cinematography and interiors.
Harry Street believes his successful novels came at the cost of his talent and regards his writing career as a personal failure.
Harry's grave injury and delirium frame memories of Cynthia, other romances, and his adventures as a writer.
Helen tends Harry's wounds and endures his fixation on lost loves while trying to restore his will to live.
Films like The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and why
Legends of the Fall
romantic melodrama, literary self-reckoning, and sweeping international settings
Mogambo
classic adventure romance, doomed love, and emotionally charged period settings
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Hemingway-derived masculinity, wartime memory, and conflicted romantic relationships
The English Patient
wounded protagonist, retrospective love story, and lush scenic cinematography
Movie Details
- Director
- Henry King
- Release Date
- 1952-09-17
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (105)
Cast
- Gregory Peck
- Susan Hayward
- Ava Gardner
- Hildegard Knef
- Leo G. Carroll
- Torin Thatcher
- Ava Norring
- Helene Stanley
- Marcel Dalio
- Vicente Gómez
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Brew, YouTube TV, MGM Plus, FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Great American Pure Flix Amazon Channel, Artiflix
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Snows of Kilimanjaro about?
- A wounded novelist confronts the romantic and artistic compromises of his restless life while his devoted wife fights to bring him back from despair.
- What is The Snows of Kilimanjaro like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Snows of Kilimanjaro as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Snows of Kilimanjaro violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Snows of Kilimanjaro as mild.
- What did critics think of The Snows of Kilimanjaro?
- Critics broadly praised the film's star performances, lush color cinematography, and sweeping mixture of adventure and romance, while finding the Hemingway-derived screenplay uneven and the resolution conventional.
- Which films are like The Snows of Kilimanjaro?
- Films with a similar feel include Legends of the Fall, Mogambo, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The English Patient.
- How long is The Snows of Kilimanjaro?
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro runs 117 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Snows of Kilimanjaro?
- In United States, The Snows of Kilimanjaro streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Brew, YouTube TV, MGM Plus, FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Great American Pure Flix Amazon Channel, Artiflix.
