Gunan - King of the Barbarians

Movie
German title	Gunan - King of the Barbarians
Original title	Gunan il guerriero
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1982
length	85 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Francesco Prosperi; (as Frank Shannon )
script	Piero Regnoli
production	Pino Buricchi
music	Roberto Pregadio
camera	Pasquale Fanetti
cut	Alessandro Lucidi
occupation
	Pietro Torrisi : Gunan ; (as Peter Mc Coy ); Malisa Longo : Marga ; (as Malisa Lang ); Giovanni Cianfriglia : Nameless ; (as Jhon Richmond ); Emilio Messina : Nuriak ; (as Emil Messina ); Rita Silva : Queen of Kuniat; Sabrina Siani : Lenni; Fortunato Arena : Mevian ; (as Lucky Aras );

Gunan - King of the Barbarians is an Italian fantasy film , one of the first rip-offs of Conan the Barbarian . The film had its German premiere on May 20, 1983. It received scathing reviews and is considered a classic of the trash film .

action

During a raid on a village, a woman manages to bring Chief Mevian's just-born twins to safety. Mevian was previously foretold that one of his sons would be destined to fight evil. When one of the sons is promoted to death by the evildoers who were already murdering at the beginning, the other takes up the fight against the enemy. Gunan falls in love with the girl Lenni, but she is kidnapped by the jealous Amazon Marga and handed over to the main villain Nuriak. Gunan finally succeeds in freeing Lenni and carrying off the victory.

criticism

"A flat and rather simple-minded plagiarism from Conan, the barbarian - only more stupid."

- Dictionary of fantasy films

"The film leaves the impression that it was shot by amateurs with amateur actors in the Cologne foothills."

- film watchers .

"A trivial, stupid, cinematic unimaginatively staged story that uses the principle of a very vulgar social Darwinism, according to which the fittest may survive."

- Lexicon of international film

background

The film grossed 147 million lire in Italy .

Web links

Gunan - King of the Barbarians in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , p. 201.
↑ Gunan - King of the Barbarians. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
^ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi: Dizinario del Cinema italiano, I film vol. 5: A / L, p. 301

[1] Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , p. 201.

[2] Gunan - King of the Barbarians. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[3] Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi: Dizinario del Cinema italiano, I film vol. 5: A / L, p. 301