The secret of the blue diamonds
| Movie | |
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| German title | The secret of the blue diamonds |
| Original title | El tesoro del Amazon |
| Country of production | Mexico |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | René Cardona junior |
| script | René Cardona junior Jacques Wilson |
| production | René Cardona junior |
| music | Mort Garson |
| camera | Daniel Lopez |
| cut | Earl Watson |
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The secret of the blue diamonds , also a blood dish on the Amazon (Original: El tesoro del Amazonas or The Treasure of the Amazon ) is a Mexican adventure film belonging to the exploitation genre by the director René Cardona junior from 1985.
The staging pretends to be based on pseudo-real events in the Amazon in 1958 and is about two independent groups of treasure hunters looking for a legendary Amazon treasure in the impassable jungle thicket.
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The two gold prospectors Zapata and Haro have been pursuing large gold digging equipment from the United States into the South American jungle for weeks . They suspect that the recipient, a uniformed exiled German and old Nazi named Klaus Fromberg, must have stumbled upon a gold vein in the impenetrable jungle of the Amazon , which arouses covetousness in them. On a paddle steamer not far from their destination, the two warriors happened to meet the run-down adventurer "Gringo, the Damned", who knows the country and who is shabby. When Fromberg picks up his cargo in the presence of a faithful native woman, the daring prospectors organize the pursuit of the equipment. They manage to engage the grouchy gringo as guides and trackers. However, the hermit pursues his own goals: the search for precious gemstones.
Together with the gold prospectors and two local helpers, Gringo follows Fromberg's trail, but chooses an alternative route to pursue him. Even before the start of the trip, he informs his greedy clients about the existence of so-called blue diamonds , a legendary treasure of the Amazons. In this way he cleverly draws men's attention to his private goal. During the arduous journey during which the two Indians bless the temporal, there are always minor disputes in the group. Meanwhile, Fromberg and his companion are digging for the gold.
In a second, parallel storyline, two workers from an oil company discover a diamond next to a human skeleton while collecting soil samples. Hoping to track down more gemstones, Dick and Clark, accompanied by the attractive Barbara, fly back to the site where they again find treasures next to two decapitated human skeletons - Gringo's former company. Pilot Clark decides to get better equipment and food for the upcoming treasure hunt, but he has to make an emergency landing in his seaplane on the way, so that the colleagues left behind are left on their own for the time being. Meanwhile, Barbara comes across the longed-for blue diamonds in a cave by the river that offers her and Dick shelter. Laterally, Dick is poisoned in an attack by the local headhunters ; later even massacred.
In this situation, the fearful and apathetic-looking Barbara encounters Gringo's decimated team with the rascals and leads them to their hideout. Zapato and Haro think they are at the destination of their dreams and hopefully gather a large number of precious stones around them. Gringo urges the treasure hunters to return soon. When they refuse to follow him, he just marches off with Barbara. A little later Zapato joins them again, who previously got rid of his companion Haro. The unscrupulous Zapato is shot by the beautiful shortly afterwards while trying to rape ; At the same time Fromberg was brutally murdered by the Indians for not granted bribery payments. Almost all treasure hunters become victims of their own greed.
At the end of the film, Gringo smuggles a large number of gems past the local Indian politician. Immediately afterwards, Barbara and the aging jungle guide get closer. Ultimately, the beauty decides, assuming she is in possession of valuable diamonds, for Clark, the pilot. Barbara flies his seaplane out of the green hell, not realizing that his beloved is accompanying him without a bag. Gringo claims the treasure for itself.
Reviews
The Lexicon of International Films wrote that the film was "a stereotypical adventure film in the haze of the ' Indiana Jones ' films."
Web links
- The mystery of the blue diamond in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The secret of the blue diamonds in the online film database
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 - NL DVD of The Secret of Blue Diamonds at Schnittberichte.com