The devil came from Akasava

Movie
German title	The devil came from Akasava
Original title	The devil came from Akasava / El diablo que vino de Akasawa
Country of production	Federal Republic of Germany / ; Spain
Publishing year	1971
length	84 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Jess Franco
script	Ladislas Fodor; Paul André ; with the collaboration of: Jess Franco, German dialogues: Arne Elsholtz
production	Artur Brauner
music	Manfred Hübler ; Siegfried Schwab ; Odón Alonso
camera	Manuel Merino
cut	Clarissa Ambach ; María Luisa Soriano
occupation
	Fred Williams : Rex Forrester; Soledad Miranda : Agent Jane Morgan ; (as Susann Korda ); Horst Tappert : Dr. Andrew Thorrsen; Ewa Strömberg : Ingrid Thorrsen; Siegfried Schürenberg : Sir Philipp; Walter Rilla : Lord Kingsley; Blandine Ebinger : Lady Abigail Kingsley; Paul Muller : Dr. Henry; Alberto Dalbés : Irving Lambert; Howard Vernon : Servant Valet Humphrey; Jess Franco: Tino Celli; Ángel Menéndez : Professor Forrester; Rudolph Hertzog Jr. : Inspector; Karl Heinz Mannchen : Assistant to Sir Philipp; Moisés Augusto Rocha : The killer; Antonio Padilla : Joao, Forrester's assistant; Arne Elsholtz : waiter / non-commissioned officer;
synchronization
	Fred Williams: Christian Brückner ; Soledad Miranda: Renate Küster ; Ewa Strömberg: Almut Eggert ; Walter Rilla: Konrad Wagner ; Blandine Ebinger: Tina Eilers ; Paul Muller: Gerd Martienzen ; Alberto Dalbés: Michael Chevalier ; Jess Franco: Gerd Duwner ; Ángel Menéndez: Heinz Petruo ; Rudolph Hertzog jr .: Klaus Jepsen ;

The Devil Came From Akasava is a German-Spanish adventure film (Spanish title: El diablo que vino de Akasawa ) and the 35th Edgar Wallace film of the post-war period . It is based on motifs from the short story "Die Hüter des Steins" (original title: Keepers of the Stone ) from the novel: "Sanders vom Strom" (original title: "Sanders of the River") by Edgar Wallace . The film was shot from August 3 to September 9, 1970 in Portugal, Spain and West Berlin . The second and last Edgar Wallace film produced by CCC-Film opened in German cinemas on March 5, 1971. In Spain, the film was only released in 1974.

action

Horst Tappert played Dr. Andrew Thorrsen

In the jungle of Akasava, Professor Forrester's assistant finds a mysterious stone with a previously unknown radiance. The assistant is shot by a stranger, but can save himself and give the professor the stone in a suitcase. Forrester makes his way to see Dr. Thorrsen for help. Meanwhile, another stranger appears in the professor's house who steals the stone and kills the assistant with its radiation. Dr. Thorssen and his wife Ingrid, who followed Forrester, testify to the police that Forrester disappeared and that his assistant had a stroke.

When a secret agent is stabbed to death in Professor Forrester's London office and Sir Kingsley, a fellow Forrester, asks Sir John (here: Sir Philipp ) to clarify the mysterious case, the Scotland Yard boss sends agent Jane to Akasava. There Jane meets Rex Forrester, the professor's nephew, who is looking for his uncle and who is expected by a certain Tino Celli, who pretends to be an old friend of the professor. Jane disguises herself as the dancer and wife of the British consul Irving Lambert.

Rex becomes acquainted with Dr. Thorssen and his wife Ingrid. The doctor claims that Forrester was believed to have been murdered. Criminal gangs wanted to get possession of a stone that could be used to make gold. Then Rex, who doesn't know that Thorssen has the stone, is shot in the clinic's garden and injured in the leg. Irving Lambert and Tino Celli, who are members of the Italian secret service, search the Thorssens villa a little later and are murdered.

Dr. Thorssen smuggles the stone in the cast leg of the unsuspecting Rex to London. Ingrid Thorssen accompanies him to Dr. Henry, where Sir Kingsley is also treated. Jane, who is also back in London, learns that Rex is an official from Scotland Yard. After some of the unscrupulous and greedy criminals kill each other, Rex and Jane can put the actual masterminds behind the crimes.

Reviews

“There is plenty of tension from the first to the last meter, but there is also confusion and illogic. Something of the Edgar Wallace style can only be felt with Blandine Ebinger. "

- Filmecho , 16/1971

“Tension-free, illogical crime thriller that tries to make itself interesting through the agents' sex life. Together with the disregard for human life, a negative overall impression remains. "

- film service , 5/1971

"Lovelessly cobbled together."

- TV Movie

"Low-tension crime thriller based on motifs by Edgar Wallace, who tries in vain to make himself interesting through the sexual actions of his heroes."

- Lexicon of international film

German version

With the exception of Horst Tappert and Siegfried Schürenberg , all German actors in this film were dubbed by other actors .

Others

After “ The Curse of the Yellow Snake ” (1962/63), this was the second and last Edgar Wallace film that Artur Brauner produced. For the last time, indoor shots for a film in the series took place in the studio of Brauner's CCC film . This previously served as a location for numerous Wallace films, the Rialto Film .
After a three-year break, Siegfried Schürenberg played the Scotland Yard boss again, but in this film his name is not: Sir John , but: Sir Philipp .
After four films, Horst Tappert said goodbye to the Edgar Wallace series. Even Walter Rilla and Ewa Strömberg (also four Wallace-films) were on display here for the last time in a movie in the series.
The film's soundtrack was originally taken from the long-playing record "Sexadelic Dance Party". The music on the LP was also used in the films “ Vampyros Lesbos - Heiress of Dracula ” and “ She killing in ecstasy ” (both 1970/71). In Quentin Tarantino's film " Jackie Brown " (1997) is also to hear this record a title.
Besides “ The Avenger ” (1960), this was the only Edgar Wallace film of the 1960s that was not distributed by Constantin Film or its subsidiary Prisma.
After two murder scenes were cut, the film was approved by the FSK for ages 16 and over.

literature

Edgar Wallace: Sanders from the river (Original title: Sanders of the River ). German by Richard Küas . Goldmann, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-442-06435-X .
Joachim Kramp , Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
Joachim Kramp: Hello! This is Edgar Wallace speaking. The story of the legendary German crime film series from 1959–1972 . 3. Edition. Verlag Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89602-645-3 .

Web links

The Devil Came from Akasava in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The devil came from Adasava ( Memento from December 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at deutscher-tonfilm.de
The devil came from Akasava at Filmportal.de

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