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Congo, January 1917: Directed by Simon Wincer, Carl Schultz. With Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, George Hall, Bryan Pringle. Being treated for a bee-sting to his toe, old man Indy recounts the time he spent in Albert Schweitzer's jungle hospital in Africa during the Great War.
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- Simon Wincer, Carl Schultz
- 1992-04-08
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Opening bookend
Old Indy is still in the waiting room of the hospital with a bee sting, when Dr. Jeffersrealizes that the old man has not yet been helped, after the emergency treatment of a young girl who was a bystander in a shootout. Indy explains that Jeffers lost some of Indy's paperwork during the commotion. During the examination for Indy's swollen toe, from a bee sting, the doctor vents his frustration at the criminals who get shot and patched up, and the innocent bystanders who are hurt in the proces...
Closing bookend
After finishing the story, Jones reveals how Dr. Schweitzer helped to lift his spirits about humanity, and Jones came to accept that Schweitzer was right about their mission being a fool's errand. He then reveals that, in spite of being deported from Africa as a prisoner of war, after the war Schweitzer returned to Africa and rebuilt his hospital, bigger and better than it was before, and continued his humanitarian efforts. Doctor Jeffers escorts his patient out of the exam room, feeling hope...
Sean Patrick Flanery as Indiana JonesRonny Coutteure as RemyBryan Pringle as Zachariah SloatLocations
1. New York City, United States 1.1. Hospital on Staten Island 1. French Equatorial Africa 1.1. Cape Lopez 1.1.1. Port-Gentil 1.2. Ogooué River 1.2.1. Lambaréné 1.2.2. Pahouin village 2. Congo (Belgian Congo) (Mentioned only) 3. Lake Tanganyika (Mentioned only) 4. Tabora, German East Africa (Mentioned only) 5. Lingenkopf, Germany (Mentioned only)
Animals
1. Bee (Mentioned only)
Produced by: Rick McCallumCreated by: George LucasMusic by: Joel McNeelyWritten by: Frank DarabontHome video
In 1996, the episode was edited into Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life, which was released on VHS in 1999 and DVD in 2007 (as part of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Two, The War Years).
Adaptation
The episode was adapted as Issue 8: German East Africa, January 1917 of the comic series of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Note that the issue title is German East Africa, and not Congo. The comic adaptation of "Congo, January 1917", and young adult novel The River of Death, include a scene that is not in the broadcast version or Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life. In this scene, Remy Baudouin, delirious from a tropical disease, and infested with jiggers, goes into a mad rage and fires...
Dr. Jeffers: I feel like that little Dutch boy trying to plug holes with my fingers while the whole dam collapses around me. Old Indy: I met a Dutch boy like you, once... German, actually. He was in Africa during the First World War.
Follow up episode to Ep 7: German East Africa, December 1916 (also written by Frank Darabont). Here old Indy is still at the hospital and tells a doctor of t...
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"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" Congo, January 1917 (TV Episode 1992) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Congo, January 1917 Aired Apr 8, 1992 Drama History Adventure Reviews Indy (Sean Patrick Flanery) and his decimated platoon happen upon Albert Schweitzer's hospital in the African jungle.
Being treated for a bee-sting to his toe, old man Indy recounts the time he spent in Albert Schweitzer's jungle hospital in Africa during the Great War. Schweitzer and his orderlies had picked up Indy and companions near death while attempting to bring a shipment of guns across the Congo.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles · Season 1 Episode 7 · Congo, January 1917 (2). On a military mission, Indy rescues a small child in an African village, and encounters the legendary Albert Schweitzer, and helps him in his jungle hospital.
