The African Queen (film) Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), whose coarse behavior they tolerate in a rather stiff manner. When Charlie warns them that war has broken out between Germany and Britain, the Sayers choose to stay on, only to witness the Germans burn down the mission village and herd the villagers away. When Samuel protests, he is beaten by a German soldier. After the Germans leave, Samuel becomes delirious with fever and soon dies. Charlie returns shortly afterward. He helps Rose bury her brother, and they set off in the "African Queen". Charlie mentions to Rose that the Germans have a gunboat, the "Königin Luise"
Cynthia Sayer Cynthia Sayer Cynthia Nan Sayer is a jazz banjoist, vocalist, concert and recording artist, and entertainer. She is also a 2006 inductee into the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame as recognition as a Contemporary Performer. Sayer is a founding member of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band. She appears in the documentary about Allen, "Wild Man Blues" and its soundtrack and on the album "The Bunk Project" (1993). She has performed on Allen's movies "The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Bullets Over Broadway", "Anything Else", and "Magic in the Moonlight". She has also played on a number of other feature