Elephant Boy (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Elephant Boy Toomai, the elephant boy |
| Original title | Elephant boy |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1937 |
| length | 80 minutes |
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| Director | Robert Flaherty , Zoltan Korda |
| script | Rudyard Kipling , John Collier |
| production | Alexander Korda |
| music | John Greenwood |
| camera | Osmond Borradaile |
| cut | Charles Crichton |
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Elephant Boy is a 1937 British adventure film based on the story Toomai of the elephants from the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling . Directed by Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltan Korda . The premiere was in Germany on July 5, 1937, again in the Federal Republic of 1949, in the GDR in 1959.
action
Little Toomai lives with his father of the same name, Mahut in the third generation, and his elephant Kala Nag in the Principality of Mysore . Following a call from the elephant catcher Petersen, who wants to recruit forty mahouts for an expedition, they apply in Melkote and are hired. Little Toomai is allowed too; he prays (in Shravanabelagola ) for a good outcome.
But the search for elephants in the jungle of Karapur remains unsuccessful for six weeks. The chief mahout Machua Appa persuades Petersen not to give up yet; he had previously told of the rumor that the elephants were gathering further north. - Little Toomai also wants to become a Mahut, but he is told that he can only do that after he has seen the elephants dance - which no one has succeeded in so far.
In Petersen's hunt for a tiger, Toomai's father is killed by his own inattention. After the cremation, Kala Nag is awarded to Mahut Rham Lahl. But Kala Nag cannot get over the death of his previous mahout, breaks free, injures Rham Lahl and devastates the camp until Toomai calms him down. Rham Lahl demands that Kala Nag be killed. Petersen can dissuade him, but before Toomai finds out, he and Kala Nag flee into the jungle. Hundreds of elephants gather here to dance, which Toomai watches from Kala Nag's back. When Petersen's troop found Toomai, the hunt was brought to a successful conclusion, and little Toomai, who was now called "Toomai of the elephants" like his grandfather, began his training as a mahout under the guidance of Machua Appa.
more details
- Petersen's appeal is printed in the official gazette ಮೈಸೂರು ಗೆಜೆಟ್ (spelling?) = Mysore Gazette .
Reviews
The Protestant film observer is full of praise : “In this work, one of the greatest masters of documentary film skillfully preserves the originality of animals. Recommended for children and adults. ”The lexicon of international films comes to a similar assessment :“ The outdoor shots, filmed by Flaherty in a documentary style at original locations, are still impressive. ”
Web links
- Elefanten-Boy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Elephant Boy on the Internet Archive