Ashanti (film)

Movie
German title	Ashanti
Original title	Ashanti
Country of production	USA , Switzerland
original language	English
Publishing year	1979
length	118 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Richard Fleischer
script	Stephen Geller
production	Georges-Alain Vuille
music	Michael Melvoin
camera	Aldo Tonti
cut	Ernest Walter
occupation
Michael Caine : Dr. David Linderby Peter Ustinov : Suleiman Kabir Bedi : Malik Beverly Johnson : Dr. Anansa Linderby Omar Sharif : Prince Hassan Rex Harrison : Brian Walker William Holden : Jim Sandell Zia Mohyeddin : Djamil Winston Ntshona : Ansok Tariq Yunus : Faid Tyrone Jackson : Dongaro Akosua Busia : The Seno Girl Jean-Luc Bideau : Marcel Olu Jacobs : Commissioner Batak Johnny Sekka : Captain Bradford

Ashanti is an American adventure film released in 1979 . It is a film adaptation of the novel Ebano by Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa .

action

Anansa and David Linderby work as doctors for the World Health Organization in a West African country. During a bathing excursion, Anansa is kidnapped by slave traders because she is mistakenly mistaken for a woman from the Ashanti tribe. The authorities deny the slave trade and cannot help David find it. So he picks up their trail with the helicopter pilot Jim Sandell and the fanatical opponent of slavery Brian Walker and follows them through the desert to get to the slave markets and the backers of the trade, especially Prince Hassan.

criticism

Lexicon of international films : “An elaborate film set in magnificent landscapes that uses the problem of the slave trade as a starting point for a superficial adventure story.” Michael Caine was also disappointed with the project and later called the film the worst of his career.

Web links

• Ashanti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ashanti at zelluloid.de ( Memento from 7 July 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ashanti. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 12, 2018 .  
2. ↑ Citizen Caine - Movie Reviews (English)