The Brood of Evil (1979)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The brood of evil |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Christian Anders Antonio Tarruella |
| script | Christian Anders |
| music | Christian Anders José Luis Navarro |
| camera |
Hans Burman Ricardo Navarrete |
| cut | Eduardo Biurrun |
| occupation | |
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The Brut des Böse (English alternative title: Roots of Evil ) is a German action film from 1979 by Christian Anders , also known as a pop singer , who also took on the lead role in addition to the direction, screenplay and film music.
action
Frank Mertens runs a successful karate school in Madrid , which he took over from his master. This was murdered by strangers. However, the short drug dealer Van Bullock decides to open his own karate school on the same street. To this end, Van Bullock Mertens first instigates a broker , and when this is unsuccessful, a gang of Kung Fu fighters also attack. Mertens remains the winner in the fight.
Now Van Bullock puts the drug addict Cora on Mertens. After spending the night with Cora, the police searched Mertens apartment and found Cora's hiding heroin there , whereupon Mertens was arrested. However, Cora has fallen in love with Mertens and confides in his secretary Ingrid on the phone. She is surprised by Van Bullock, who stabs her in an affect .
When Mertens learns of what has happened, he breaks out of prison to settle accounts with Van Bullock. However, he does not manage to get to him because his bodyguard Komo is superior to him . He therefore initially retreats into the forest. Van Bullock wants to finish things off and lets Mertens know that Komo was the master's killer. Mertens then takes bloody revenge.
synchronization
- Manfred Seipold : Frank Mertens
- Manfred Lichtenfeld : Van Bullock
- Wolfgang Hess : Komo
- Hartmut Neugebauer : Takimura
- Bruno W. Pantel : O'Blonski
review
"Dilettante attempt at a European copy of Far Eastern cinema models."
In August 2017, the film landed as No. 65 in the fifth season of the satire series The Worst Films of All Time (SchleFaZ) on Tele 5 .
In December 2017, a version of the film thirteen minutes longer than the theatrical version was released on DVD and Blu-ray, together with the theatrical version, the soundtrack on CD and interviews with those involved.
Web links
- The brood of evil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Brood of Evil. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .