John Huston · 1975 · overland

John Huston's 1975 film, from Kipling's tale. Two roguish ex-soldiers of the British Raj, Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan, set out from India across the Khyber Pass and the mountains of Afghanistan to the remote land of Kafiristan, where no European has trod since Alexander. Taken for a god, Dravot is crowned king - until ambition and one fatal deceit bring the whole adventure crashing down.

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   Lahore

   The Indian city of the British Raj where the two audacious rogues Dravot and Carnehan sign a contract to make themselves kings, and set out north beyond the edge of the Empire.

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   Khyber Pass

   The fabled mountain gateway from India into Afghanistan through which the pair smuggle themselves and their rifles, beginning the long, brutal trek into unmapped country.

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   Kafiristan

   The remote Hindu Kush land where the two are taken for gods and Dravot is crowned king in the line of Alexander - until his hubris exposes them and topples the whole enterprise.