The stranger in the rainforest
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The stranger in the rainforest |
| Original title | Afurika monogatari |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | English , Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Susumu Hani |
| script |
Shintaro Tsuji Shūji Terayama |
| production |
Terry Ogisu Yoichi Matsue |
| music | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| camera | Simon Trevor |
| cut | Nabuhiko Hosaka |
| occupation | |
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The Stranger in the Rainforest ( Japaneseア フ リ カ 物語, Afurika monogatari ) is a Japanese film called "Sanrio Film" from 1980 by director Susumu Hani . It is considered the most bizarre film in the career of actor James Stewart , who took on the lead role.
action
A very old man lives in the middle of the African rainforest with his granddaughter and some animals. The young person lives in harmony with nature and all animals are well-disposed towards her and the man. One day a light aircraft crashes in the savannah, the young pilot manages to save himself and wanders around in the jungle for a few days before he meets the man's hut. He chases him away and only lets himself be softened when the girl finds the pilot passed out on the river bank a short time later. The old man and the girl feed him and after initial distrust, the animals also trust him. The old man dies and a love affair develops between the pilot and the granddaughter. Another plane appears, in which the wife of the crashed pilot is sitting. He lost his memory after his crash and therefore does not recognize his wife again, whereupon she kills him with a stun gun. The granddaughter nurses the pilot back to health and is delighted with his recovery.
Production and Criticism
The film was made in 1979 during a visit to Africa by James Stewart and his wife on a Kenyan reservation and is considered a "bizarre coda that seldom ends a Hollywood career". Technically, the film is "a piece of work that only contains meter-by-the-meter footage of animal films interspersed with senseless dialogue fragments." James Stewart "speaks no more than a handful of sentences" and his character, like that of the other actors, remains undefined and without a name. In addition to barely existing dialogues, the acting element in the film is also limited: "The old man and the other characters are mostly filmed staring at floods, conflagrations and herds fleeing panic."
Critics called the film an "amateur company". James Stewart's motivation to participate was in the hope of "being able to smuggle in the idea of preserving nature reserves through the back door." The lexicon of the international film credited the film with the "plea for the preservation of nature beyond a destructive civilization".
The Stranger in the Rainforest was the last major film that James Stewart worked on. It was released in Japanese theaters on July 19, 1980. After a single broadcast on American television, the film was already in video stores in 1981. The German premiere took place on December 30, 1981 in the DFF and on February 16, 1986 on the BR .
synchronization
In the DFF version , Werner Senftleben Stewart, Jalda Rebling his granddaughter and Jörg Knochée speak to the pilot.
Web links
- The stranger in the rain forest in the Internet Movie Database (English)