The seven men of the Sumuru

Movie
Original title	The seven men of the Sumuru
Country of production	Federal Republic of Germany , Spain
original language	English
Publishing year	1969
length	84 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Jess Franco
script	Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck ) ; Bruno Leder (as Karl Leder ) ; Franz Eichhorn
production	Juan Estelrich
music	Daniel J. White
camera	Manuel Merino
cut	Allan Morrison ; Karin Vietinghoff
occupation
	Shirley Eaton : Sumuru; Richard Wyler : Jeff Sutton; George Sanders : Sir Masius; Herbert Fleischmann : Carl; Maria Rohm : Lesley; Elisa Montés : Irene; Walter Rilla : Ennio Rossini; Marta Reves : Ulla Rossini; Beni Cardoso : Yana Yuma; Valentina Godoy : Amazon;

The Seven Men of Sumuru is a 1968 action film directed by Jess Franco and starring Shirley Eaton . It is the sequel to the film Sumuru - The Daughter of Satan and is based on the character Sumuru by the author Sax Rohmer .

action

The villain Sumuru established the women-populated city of Femina in the Brazilian rainforest, with the help of which she strives for world domination. To finance her plans she kidnaps Irene, the daughter of a wealthy banker. He hires private detective Jeff Sutton to free his daughter.

To get Sumuru's attention, Sutton pretends to have looted $ 10 million in a robbery. He flies to Rio, where Sumuru's followers promptly kidnap him and take him to Femina. There Sutton meets Irene and together they manage to escape in a stolen plane.

background

In addition to Harry Alan Towers , Bruno Leder and Franz Eichhorn apparently also co-wrote the script based on the Sumuru character created by Sax Rohmer . However, Eichhorn is not mentioned in the German film titles, while Leder does not appear in those of the Spanish version. The versions were cut differently for the different markets.

The film premiered on March 14, 1969 in the Federal Republic of Germany. In Spain, the film was only released in cinemas on March 20, 1972, and was seen there by 314,662 visitors.