Thunder over the Indian Ocean

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Movie
German title Thunder over the Indian Ocean
Original title Il grande colpo di Surcouf
Country of production Spain ,
France ,
Italy
original language English
Publishing year 1966
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Sergio Bergonzelli ,
Roy Rowland
script Giovanni Simonelli ,
George de la Grandière ,
Gerald Savery
José Antonio de la Loma
production Arco Film, Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas, Rialto Film, SA Edic.
music Georges Garvarentz
camera Juan Gelpí
cut Jean-Michel Gautier
occupation

Thunder over the Indian Ocean (German alternative titles : The coat of arms of Saint Malo and The Tiger of the Seven Seas , original title: Il grande colpo di Surcouf ) is a Spanish-French-Italian pirate film with a historical background from 1966 by the directors Sergio Bergonzelli and Roy Rowland . The script was written by Giovanni Simonelli , George de la Grandière , Gerald Savery and José Antonio de la Loma . Gérard Barray , Antonella Lualdi , Geneviève Casile and Terence Morgan can be seen in the leading roles . The film was first released on December 2, 1966 in France. It had its premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany on October 19, 1967.

content

The action takes place at the time of the war between France and England - around the year 1795. The corsair Robert Surcouf is commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte to rob and destroy important documents about French military bases on the island of Saint Malo, which has been conquered by the English. The action succeeds, but annoys the commanding commandant of the island so sensitively that he decides to put a price on the corsair's head. But instead of him, Surcouf's brother Nicolas is caught, which in turn forces the corsairs to return to the island. After some back and forth, Robert Surcouf finally manages to save both his own head and that of his brother, for whom the gallows was already ready.

Reviews

The Protestant film observer has a mostly positive opinion: “The film is divided into two parts, each of which is served fresh and lively. Only the transition, when Robert Surcouf hands over the ship to his brother after completing his order, does not want to convince, because he comes unprepared for the viewer and does not seem motivated enough afterwards, as the construction of the story is the weakest part of the film . But you can accept that, especially since the director worked briskly and refrained from the obligatory cruelties. ”The lexicon of international film judges less benevolently :“ Again a pirate film in an adventurous operetta-like production. ”

See also

  • Under the Flag of the Tiger , another adventure film from 1966 about the sea hero Robert Surcouf, made by the same team with mostly the same cast. Both films were produced in one operation, a production method that Balcazar had learned about shortly before in the Karl May films "Durchs Wilde Kurdistan / Im Reiche des Silber Löwen".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Thunder Over the Indian Ocean . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2011 (PDF; test number: 38 095 V).
  2. ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 520/1967, pp. 657–658.
  3. ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 702.