Khartoum (1966) ORIGINAL TRAILER Best Historical War Movies reviewed on British & Commonwealth Forces... Khartoum (1966) - Recut and Mastered. Historical war film based on historical accounts of Gordon's defence of the Sudanese city of Khartoum from the forces of the Mahdist army... After an Egyptian Army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign wa