The ruler of Cornwall
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The ruler of Cornwall |
| Original title | Jack the Giant Killer |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nathan Juran |
| script | Nathan Juran Orville H. Hampton |
| production | Edward Small |
| music |
Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter |
| camera | David S. Horsley |
| cut | Grant Whytock |
| occupation | |
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The rulers of Cornwall is an American adventure film by director Nathan Juran from 1962, which is loosely based on the English fairy tale Jack the Giant Killer ("Jack the giant killer"). In Germany it was released in cinemas on May 18, 1962.
action
Long ago the evil wizard Pendragon, lord of the giants, witches and magical beings, was banished from the country and had to be exiled on an island. In vengeance, he finally returns on the day the royal princess Elaine celebrates her birthday. In disguise, he smuggles the giant cormorant into the princess' chambers to kidnap her. The monster escapes from the castle with the princess in his claws, but on his way to a boat that is supposed to bring the princess to Pendragon, he passes a farm that is run by the young Jack. Jack intervenes, kills the giant and can save Elaine; for his services he is then named knight and protector of the princess. To protect the princess from further attacks, Jack is now supposed to bring her out of the country, but Pendragon has her kidnapped by witches and brought to his island.
Jack, the Viking Sigurd and his cabin boy Peter set out to rescue the princess. The three, supported by a goblin, reach the island. However, Elaine is under the influence of the wizard and lures her rescuers into a trap. Sigurd is transformed into a dog and Peter into a monkey. The three managed to escape from the island castle. You are being chased by a two-headed giant. The goblin summons a sea monster that defeats the giant. Pendragon transforms into a dragon and attacks the rescuers himself. He is killed by Jack, which breaks his spell. The lock collapses, Elaine is free.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films describes this film as “a brightly colored picture book fairy tale with ample use of trick technology, which occasionally turned out to be a bit terrible. Overall, undemanding entertainment with no recognizable staging ambition. ” The New York Times, on the other hand, criticized the “ terrible presentation ” and the “ equally bad dialogues ” .
background
The exterior shots of the film were made on Santa Catalina Island off Los Angeles .
With this film, producer Edward Small wanted to build on the success of the fantasy film Sindbad's Seventh Journey , which was made four years earlier, but which Small refused to make. After the success of the Sindbad film, Small hired director Juran and actors Kerwin Matthews and Torin Thatcher for his production. The trick shots were also shot using stop-motion technology; the technology does not come from Ray Harryhausen , however , but from Jim Danforth . Since not only the creatures were copied, but the plot also resembles the Sindbad film, Columbia sued for plagiarism. The film was withdrawn from the cinemas and set to music as a musical version years later. For this purpose, the speaking roles were re-synchronized with singing.
Web links
- The Giant Killer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Discussion of Senseofview
Individual evidence
- ↑ The ruler of Cornwall. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ tcm.com