Diamond Connection

Movie
German title	Diamond Connection
Original title	Diamond Connection
Country of production	Switzerland , Turkey
original language	English
Publishing year	1985
length	73 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Sergio Bergonzelli (as Serge Bergon ) Kunt Tulgar
script	Sergio Bergonzelli Daniel Saunier
music	Louis Crelier
camera	Aldo Mugnier Yves Pouliquen
cut	Sergio Bergonzelli Enzo Di Santo
occupation
William Berger : Inspector Gordon Mitchell : Partisan leader Mark / Abdul Pasha Barbara Bouchet : Karen, doctor Kunt Tulgar: Sam Hellman, Interpol officer Ben Lawrence : Alain Roberts Oya Winter : Magda Ferguson Jessie Morgan Daniel Saunier Roland Carey Lili Palabay Henri Cherbit

Diamond Connection is the title of a crime film for which scenes from the Turkish film Belali elmaslar by Kunt Tulgar have been mixed with passages shot by Sergio Bergonzelli . Usually the year of production is 1982–1985 and Bergonzelli is given as the sole director. The 73-minute long film was released on video for the first time in German-speaking countries.

action

In a plane crash, the lawyer Ferguson survived, but he had to undergo a face transplant and also lost his memory. The local police inspector soon faces gangsters after a shipment of diamonds that is suspected to be on board. It should be given to Abdul Pasha. The racing driver and sailor Alain and partisans, including the leader Mark and the doctor Karen, who operated on Ferguson, are also interested in the delivery. After the diamonds are found, the final of the parties involved will take place in Geneva.

criticism

Most of the critics didn’t leave the film with its amateurish composition, which also comes up with dialogues like “You have lost face, but don’t think about it” (about the accident victim). The Lexicon of International Films writes: “Completely confused gangster film with ridiculous special effects”. As far as the imponderables of exploitation cinema are concerned, the film scores massively, said Christian Keßler in his retrospective of Bergonzelli's films.

Remarks

The scenes filmed in Turkey are probably from 1978, the rest from 1984. The film, which is often passed off as an Italian production, is ascribed the original title Diamanti che scottano .

Web links

• Diamond Connection in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at the BFI

Individual evidence

1. ↑ quoted from Michael Cholewa, Karsten Thurau: Der Terror is directing . 1999, p. 49
2. ^ Diamond Connection. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Keßler: Mondo Bergonzelli. in: Splatting Image , number 59 September 2004