The African Queen’s story is woven around a village located in German east africa in wayback 1914 . Opening scene with Samuel with her sister Rose doing prayer song with locales. They do missionary work & live happily .
Village having sideby river on which Captain Charlie (Humphrey Bogart) sails his boat named “african queen” & provide mails & other supply to live to them. One day Germans attack village & vanish it with fire . Poor heart Sam dies in shock . Charlie & Rose bury him & left village in boat.
During travel while chatting Charlie talks about German gunboat named “Empress Louisa” which patrol around lake & block british support. Hearing this Rose advice him to make torpedo & attack to gunboat to help their british counterpart. But, hard part is reach towards gunboat , they have to pass German security point. To make it more hurdle , journey also involve huge & dangerous rapids in their river way, so Charlie hesitate to follow the plan, but then agrees later.
Then their thunder journey follow the tracks with bullets from germans , crocodiles , rapids . Meanwhile it also shows how hard to handle Charlie’s african queen with releasing steem from boiler & other problems. Rose helps him & their rommance starts. After long time they reach lake’s nearby channel. But , due to mud their boat stops , for which they both tow by themselves to african queen to pull out of mud. Those scenes were really good.
And finally ,god also help them by rain & their boat comes out of mud ,pushing it towards their target. Rose & Charlie prepare torpedos,fits into boat & start moving towards gunboat in night.But, due to thunderstrom their boat sinks & they captured by gunship crew. Gunship crew ask them how they reach here , what is there motive , when Charlie & Rose tells them about their mission , crew laughs & order to hang them. When crew start hanging them , Charlie ask them to marry , they agrees. During this , gunship moves over sunken african queen which hits it with torpedos & whole gunship sinks.
Rose & Charlie escape luckily .
Movie is really good particularly their journey in lake , their rommance ,survival & good acting both lead actors.
I will rate it 8/10.
