Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi

Television series
German title	Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi
Original title	Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	1972-1974
length	25 minutes
Episodes	26th
genre	Karl May
music	Martin Böttcher
First broadcast	October 1, 1973 on ZDF
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Karl-Michael Vogler : Kara Ben Nemsi Heinz Schubert : Hajji Halef Omar Joachim Regelien : Hamd el Amasat Hans Epskamp : Mübarek Will Danin : Omar Ben Sadek Dieter Hallervorden : Wekil Ellen Umlauf : Amsha Richard Lauffen : Mohammed Emin Wilfried Klaus : matchmaker / Kjaja / Ali Lina Carstens : Mersina Peter Matić : Selim Agha Herbert Fleischmann : Mütessellim Ferdy Mayne : Sir David Lindsay Edwige Pierre : Senitza Hans Wyprächtiger : Maflei Eric Pohlmann : Kadi Peter Capell : Hulam Jean-Pierre Zola : Baruch Schebett Fred Stillkrauth : Individual Herbert Steinmetz : Jafis / Schimin Willy Semmelrogge : Boschak Katharina Seyferth : Ikbela Richard Höllerbauer : Desilim Heinz Meier : Hamdi Marlies Dräger : Mascha Mogens von Gadow : Ibanek Günter Gräwert : Dr. Torture stone Heinz Baumann : Bybar Günter Lamprecht : Dschemal, host of Treska Konak Gerd Baltus : Marko, the Aiim Hans Helmut Dickow : Scharka Elisabeth Neumann quarter : rural woman Peter Schiff : Ilia Otto Kurth : Bekdschi

Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi is a 26-part television series based on the first six oriental novels by Karl May , which was broadcast by ZDF in 1973 and 1975 .

background

At the beginning of 1972, television dared to film Karl May novels for the first time, namely Through the Desert , Through Wild Kurdistan , From Baghdad to Stambul , In the Gorges of the Balkans , Through the Land of the Skipetars and Der Schut .

The main role of Kara Ben Nemsi was played by Karl-Michael Vogler . Hajji Halef Omar was played by Heinz Schubert . The direction was directed by Karl May expert Günter Gräwert , who also wrote the screenplay, the music is by Martin Böttcher and the camera was directed by Horst Schier . The series consists of two seasons of 13 episodes each. In contrast to the Karl May films of the 1960s, the implementation was closer to the novel. The series was produced by the Munich-based film production company Elan-Film Max Gierke & Co.

The budget of the first season, which was filmed from August to September 1972 in the Carpathian Mountains and on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast near Varna and from October to November 1972 in the oases of Nefta and Tozeur and in Bizerte in Tunisia , was DM 1.7 million After long negotiations, one of the mosques in Nefta was even allowed to be converted into a film studio.

The reviews and audience response were not very encouraging at first. In general, the productions were criticized for being too text-heavy, offering too little action and not being too complex. But the audience rating gradually rose from a moderate 12 percent to 21 percent. So they started to prepare a second season.

The second season was not filmed in Yugoslavia , as originally planned, for cost reasons , but from June to August 1974 in the area around Almería in Andalusia in southern Spain , the budget exceeded 2.5 million DM. This virtually missed the opportunity to adapt the action Record “original locations”, as Artur Brauner had done ten years earlier for his feature film Der Schut .

The slow pace and the lack of tension were also criticized in the episodes of the second season. But it was also praised , among other things, in a letter to the reader from TV Hören undsehen, the renunciation of exaggerated brutalities and the floral language of Hajji Halef Omar. Nevertheless, the ZDF decided not to continue the series. The reason given was the high production costs for an evening program with relatively modest success.

The second season was also broadcast in Austria in autumn 1975, and again on 3sat in the Karl May year of 1992 .

Episodes

1st season

1. The dead in Wadi Tarfaui . Kara Ben Nemsi and Hajji Halef Omar discover a murdered man while riding through the desert. They refrain from handing the alleged perpetrators over to the authorities in order to find out more about the people behind them.
2. The oath in the bulkhead . While pursuing the perpetrators, they are ambushed on a salt lake and lose their leader Sadek, but are saved by Omar, Sadek's son.
3. Mecca . The dangerous journey to Mecca brings the friends back on the trail of the murderers.
4. The fortress . Kara wants to free Amat, the son of his friend Mohammed Emin, from the Amadije fortress.
5. Amad el Gandur . The liberation turns out to be more difficult than expected.
6. The escape . Shortly after the liberation, Amat falls into the hands of predatory Bedouins, who also take Sir David Lindsay with them as prisoners.
7. Abu en Nassr . Omar returns to his friends in search of his father's murderers.
8. Barud El Amasat . The friends free a merchant and put the bandit Barud El Amasat in prison.
9. The trap . Barud is bribed to escape prison, while Kara is lured into a trap and abducted.
10. The Kopcha . The friends flee into the mountains and experience how the whole area suffers from the rubble and its bonds.
11. Among paschers . In search of the Schut, Kara is outwitted, but is saved by Halef.
12. Back on track . Kara and Halef keep looking for the mysterious Schut.
13. Mübarek . In one village, the friends hope to take down the shelter, but there the mysterious Mübarek gives them a hard time.

2nd season

1. The unmasking of the Mübarek . Halef is brought to justice. He is accused of killing a gendarme.
2. The Alajy brothers . With a ruse, Kara can defeat the strong Aladschy brothers.
3. The secret of the Schluchthütte . The horse dealer Tschurak offers to lead the companions into the ravine hut where the Schut is supposed to stay.
4. Just past death . There they fall into a trap. In a bitter fight, Tschurak is killed and Mübarek seriously wounded.
5. The shakan of the Skipetaren . The tailor Afrit offers himself as a guide. The Skipetar Hajdar has sworn blood revenge on Kara.
6. The old mother's tower . Afrit leads Kara and his companions to an old castle. Because of Halef's vigilance, they avoid another attack.
7. The raid . On a remote deserted farm, Kara learns more about his opponents, but Halef falls into their hands.
8. The death of Mübarek . Kara discovers the terminally ill Mübarek in a shed.
9. In the Devil's Gorge . Sharka and Marko appear, two close confidants of the Schut.
10. The jewel cave . Kara can outsmart the two men. Surprisingly, he meets his old friend Sir Lindsay again.
11. Schut's confidante . Through Scharka, Kara learns everything about the Schut and sets off with his companions on the way to him. There is another tough fight.
12. The Schut . Through a secret entrance from the water, Kara reaches the underground hiding place of the rubble. He overpowers this and brings him tied up in the place.
13. Rih . Despite Kara's vigilance, the riot escaped. Kara takes up the pursuit, which ends at a crevice with the death of the Schut, while Kara surrenders his Arabian stallion Rih to Hajji Halef Omar.

media

• CD : Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi , Tarantula Records FIC SP 1002 (complete film music)
• DVD : Kara Ben Nemsi , Koch Media GmbH 2006/07 (1st and 2nd season and soundtrack CD)

literature

• Michael Petzel: Karl-May-Filmbuch , Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg, Radebeul 1998, 2nd edition 1999, ISBN 3-7802-0153-4

Web links

• Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi (TV series 1973-75) in the Internet Movie Database (English)