The torture chamber of Dr. Fu Man Chu
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| Original title | The torture chamber of Dr. Fu Man Chu |
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| Country of production | Germany , Spain , Italy |
| original language | English , German |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 89 minutes, Ger. Version: 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Jess Franco |
| script |
Harry Alan Towers , Michael Haller |
| production | Harry Alan Towers |
| music | Gert Wilden |
| camera | Manuel Merino |
| cut | Waltraut Lindenau |
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The torture chamber of Dr. Fu Man Chu is the fifth film in the Dr. Fu Man Chu series by British producer Harry Alan Towers .
action
Dr. Fu Man Chu creates an iceberg in the Caribbean and rams it against an ocean liner, killing hundreds of people. He then announced that he would destroy all humanity in two weeks if it did not obey his commands. Nayland Smith from Scotland Yard finds a book by Prof. Henderson, which describes how one can convert uncontrollable amounts of water into ice or water vapor at any time with the help of a crystallized substance. He suspects that this substance is an opium derivative and Dr. Fu Man Chu is therefore in Anatolia, as this is where the largest amount of opium in the world can be found.
Fu Man Chu, who is actually in Anatolia, occupies the governor's palace there with the help of Omar Pasha's people. Then he has his helpers killed, only Omar Pasha's daughter Lisa comes into his torture chamber. Professor Henderson, who has heart disease, is also at the mercy of Fu Man Chu. Dr. Curt Kessler and Dr. Ingrid Koch are kidnapped for a life-saving heart transplant.
Nayland Smith arrives in Anatolia and allies himself with Omar Pasha, who wants to free his daughter. Dr. Kessler and Dr. Koch escaped from the palace after the operation, while Smith managed to free Prof. Henderson. Together they can leave the palace before Fu Man Chu has it blown up.
Others
The film is based solely on motifs from Sax Rohmer's novels. The producer Harry Alan Towers wrote the script under the pseudonym Peter Welbeck.
Scenes from several other films were used. The opening scene is from The 13 Slaves of Dr. Fu Man Chu along with footage from The Last Night of the Titanic , the dam break scenes from Dangerous Legacy .
Reviews
"Low-tension and simple-minded adventure story without a profile."
Web links
- The torture chamber of Dr. Fu Man Chu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The torture chamber of Dr. Fu Man Chu. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .