Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life is the eleventh film in The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. It was edited from the episodes "German East Africa, December 1916" and "Congo, January 1917" of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
Publisher's summary[]
VHS release[]
In Chapter 11 from the complete adventures of Indiana Jones, Indy embarks on a mission through a war-torn country and finds hope in the presence of one remarkable man.
On a vital military mission for the Allies, Indy comes across a disease-ravaged African village and is able to rescue one small child from certain death. The presence of the child endangers the mission, leaving Indy in a moral quandary; fighting his conscience, his sense of duty, his own men and the enemy as he battles his way across the country. Depressed by the turmoil around him, Indy reaches his lowest point. Hope appears in the presence of Albert Schweitzer a profoundly inspiring and committed doctor, philosopher and musician. Helping out at Schweitzer's jungle Kaspal indy thin finds his humanity restored and his outlookon life forever changed in this beautiful and moving film.
DVD release[]
In a war-torn country, Indiana Jones finds a wellspring of hope in the presence of one remarkable man. On a vital military mission for the Allies, Indy comes across a disease-ravaged African village and is able to rescue one small child from certain death. The presence of the child endangers the mission, leaving Indy in a moral quandary, forced to fight his conscience, his sense of duty, his own men and the enemy as he battles his way across country. Depressed by the turmoil around him, Indy reaches his lowest point. Hope appears in the presence of Albert Schweitzer, a profoundly inspiring and committed doctor, philosopher and musician. Helping out at Schweitzer's jungle hospital, Indy finds his faith in humanity restored and his outlook on life forever changed in this beautiful and moving film.
Appearances[]
Individuals[]
- Sean Patrick Flanery .... Indiana Jones / Henri Defense
- Ronny Coutteure .... Remy Baudouin
- Bryan Pringle .... Zachariah Sloat
- Michel Duchaussoy .... Major Boucher
- Isaach de Bankole .... Sergeant Barthélèmy
- Emile Abossolo M'bo .... Joseph
- Isolde Barth .... Helene Schweitzer
- Yann Colette .... Colonel Pernod
- Freidrich von Thun .... Albert Schweitzer
- Jacques Sereys .... Colonel Mathieu
- Jacques Vincey .... Captain Lafleur
- Hubert St. Macary .... Lieutenant Arnaud
- Asiba Asiba .... Zimu
- John Chavanga .... Private Juba
- Jurgen Muller .... German Major
- Christian Cloarec .... Captain Emile Rostand
- Abdullah Sohado .... Pahouin Chief
- David Odero .... Pahouin Chief's Son
- J.F. Chavrier .... Military Gendarme
- Antonie Valenti .... French Sergeant
- Phillipe Bernard .... French Corporal
- J. Leon Pridgen II .... Jeffers
- Holden Hansen .... Paramedic #2
- Ben Pont .... Dutchman
- Laurent Ragor .... Army Doctor
- Gerard Arighi .... 2nd Army Doctor
- Maryon Fletcher .... White Nun
- Louise Abukutsa .... Black Nun
- Mark Kaigwa .... Ubangi Boy (Barthélemy Boganda)
- Sean McCabe .... Machine Gunner
- Johann Sebastian Bach (Mentioned only)
- Georges Clemenceau (Mentioned only)
- T.E. Lawrence (Mentioned only)
- Moses (Mentioned only)
- Paul (Mentioned only)
- General Tombeur (Mentioned only)
Locations[]
- Lake Tanganyika
- Bonga, Ethiopia (Mentioned only)
- Congo (Belgian Congo and other territories)
- Cape of Good Hope (Mentioned only)
- Chinde, Mozambique (Mentioned only)
- Lingenkopf, Germany (Mentioned only)
Home video[]
VHS cover
The film was released on VHS in 1999 as chapter 11 in The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones collection. The VHS contains an introduction by George Lucas and bonus interviews with Lucas and Sean Patrick Flanery after the main feature. To promote the Young Indiana Jones videos, the cassette was also included with the VHS box set of the original three theatrical Indiana Jones films released in international markets.[1]
The film was later released on DVD in 2007 as part of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Two, The War Years (disc 4). The disc also contained three companion historical documentaries. Disc 9 (Interactive Bonus Disc) of the DVD set included the video game The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Special Delivery, based on the film.
Companion documentaries[]
External links[]
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| November 1916 | December 1916 / January 1917 | February 1917 |
| Phantom Train of Doom | Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life | Attack of the Hawkmen |