The survivors of the city of the dead

Movie
German title	The survivors of the city of the dead
Original title	I sopravvisuti della città morta
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1983
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Antonio Margheriti; ( as Anthony M. Dawson )
script	Giovanni Simonelli
production	Ignazio Dolce ; Giovanni Paolucci
music	Aldo Tamborelli
camera	Sandro Mancori
cut	Alberto Moriani
occupation
	David Warbeck : Jack Speer; Susie Sudlow : Carol; John Steiner : Lord Dean; Luciano Pigozzi : Cockroach ; (as Alan Collins ); Ricardo Palacios : Mohammed; Achille Brugnini : Rupert ; (as Anthony Berner ); Aytekin Akkaya : Prince Abdullah;

The Survivors of the Necropolis is an Italian adventure film with elements of fantasy, directed by action specialist Antonio Margheriti in 1983. It was published under various titles on various media in German-speaking countries - for the first time in cinemas on August 17, 1984; there are versions under the titles Jack the Snake - the dark power of the sun god , The dark power of the sun god and The scepter of the sun god .

content

Jack Speer, who is called "The Snake", is a tricky adventurer who keeps his head above water with rip-offs. One day the banker Lord Dean made him an offer to go in search of King Gilgamesh's scepter . Persecuted by the sectarians of the Turkish prince Abdullah, who bring his friend Carol under their control several times, and supported by the auxiliary archaeologist "Cockroach", he sets off into the desert, where the small group finally comes across the temple, the mechanisms of which they are investigating , in which she escapes various traps and which she sees collapse after taking possession of the scepter. The mission has succeeded.

criticism

"A miserably staged adventure film in which the horribly bad actors keep babbling about mystical things, without even the slightest bit of it being seen."

- Dictionary of fantasy films

“Poor action film with cheap tricks and numerous brawls; neither original nor exciting. "

- Lexicon of international film

Remarks

Large parts of the film were shot in Turkey .

Web links

The survivors of the necropolis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The survivors of the city of the dead in the online film database

Individual evidence

↑ Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , pp. 251-252.
↑ The Survivors of the City of the Dead. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[1] Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , pp. 251-252.

[2] The Survivors of the City of the Dead. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .