Kali Yug: the goddess of vengeance
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kali Yug: the goddess of vengeance |
| Original title | Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta |
| Country of production |
Italy Germany France |
| original language |
English Italian |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mario Camerini |
| script |
Leonardo Benvenuti Mario Camerini Piero de Bernardi Guy Elmes based on a novel by Robert Westerby |
| production | Renato Dandi |
| music | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| camera | Aldo Tonti |
| cut | Giuliana Attenni |
| occupation | |
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Kali Yug: The Goddess of Vengeance is the first part of an Italian-German-French adventure film two-part from 1963 by the Italian veteran director Mario Camerini . The leading roles are played by Paul Guers , Claudine Auger , Senta Berger and Lex Barker .
action
India in 1880: The supporters of the violent and sinister sect "Sons of the Goddess Kali" threaten the country and its people. The British doctor Simon Palmer, familiar with this country since childhood and entrusted with medical tasks - the fight against smallpox - in a remote village , feels this firsthand. He expects an urgently needed delivery of medicine, but it does not come because the caravan carrying them was attacked and stopped by the supporters of the fanatical sect priest. Palmer's assistant and a few helpers who were supposed to bring the serum from Madanpur also disappear without a trace. Dr. Palmer asks the British colonial rulers under the leadership of Governor Talbot for assistance, but the British authorities show no interest and reject him. Palmer then begins to investigate on his own. When, during a party in the British Officers' Club, he asked for a conversation with the snobby and a little childish Captain Walsh several times, and he was obviously Dr. Palmer's troubles due to the lack of delivery of medication and the missing persons does not take seriously, a sharp argument ensues with the blonde officer. When Walsh also hints that Palmer is chasing after the beautiful young wife of the governor, Catherine Talbot, there is a fight between the two men. Major Ford, the governor's right-hand man, can barely intervene. Palmer, angry at Walsh's ignorance, knocks him to the ground. Shortly thereafter, Captain Walsh is found murdered and Dr. Palmer suspected of the act. In truth, he was strangled by a hired killer from the Kali Yug sect. Major Ford is forced to issue an arrest warrant for Dr. Palmer exhibit.
Thanks to a warning from Gopal, the Indian secretary of the governor, he escapes arrest and, in his search for the conspirators and backers of the sect, gets into dangerous adventures. Only the beautiful dancer Amrita, who last saw Captain Walsh alive, stands with Palmer and will henceforth be his companion. Dr. Little does Palmer suspect that she has long fallen in love with the handsome European, who is so much more selfless than her own compatriots. Amrita is asked by the fanatical sect priest Saddhu, under whose spell she is, to go immediately to the palace of the maharajah in Hasnabad. Palmer and Gopal follow her there. In Hasnabad, the Kali Yug sect is planning to kidnap Kanchan, the Maharaja's grandson. Some sect members are captured. Palmer and Gopal, who are believed to be accomplices of the kidnappers, are also imprisoned. Nobody believes their pledges of innocence, instead the maharaja's lackeys torture them both and threaten them with a terrible death if they do not confess and tell where the maharaja's grandson has been taken. Buried in the sand, the Maharaja's prisoners wait for an elephant to trample their heads. When the elephant in front of Dr. Palmer's head lifts his right foreleg, the maharajah stops him for the time being and sends an emissary to the British governor to find out whether Palmer is really who he claims to be. Governor Talbot learns from his wife that Dr. Palmer, rumored to have had an affair with Catherine, who was her childhood friend. But his wife assures him that there has never been a liaison with him.
Production notes
Kali Yug: The Goddess of Vengeance had its world premiere on November 7, 1963 and was released in Germany on February 21, 1964. In Austria this first part started on March 13, 1964. In the third co-producing country France, this film has been shown since June 17, 1964. The story continued with Kali Yug, Part 2: Riots in India .
The shooting took place from February to May 1963 on location in India. Lex Barker can only be seen in a few scenes. He only accepted the offer to work in this film because he wanted to visit India one day, as he explained in an interview.
The film structures and the costumes were designed by Maurizio Chiari . Luigi Kuveiller directed the camera under Aldo Tontis .
For the British veteran actor Ian Hunter , the part of the governor was his last role in a movie.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Simon Palmer | Paul Guers | Eckart Dux |
| Catherine Talbot | Senta Berger | herself |
| Major Ford | Lex Barker | Gert Günther Hoffmann |
| Amrita | Claudine Auger | Uta Hallant |
| Ram Chand | Sergio Fantoni | Klaus Miedel |
| Governor Talbot | Ian Hunter | Konrad Wagner |
| Saddhu | Klaus Kinski | he himself |
| Gopal | IS Johar | Alexander Welbat |
| Ltnt. Collins | Joachim Hansen | he himself |
| Maharajah | Roldano Lupi | Curt Ackermann |
| Captain Walsh | Michael Medwin | Wolfgang Draeger |
Klaus von Wahl took over the German dialogue direction based on a book by Gerda von Rüxleben .
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: "One of the stories for whose conventionality their impressive, sometimes original equipment compensates."
"Undemanding adventure film against the backdrop of oriental splendor and the fanatical fight of the infamous Kali Yug sect against the English."
"Average adventure film with moral and socially critical tendencies, but not without tension."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kali Yug: The Goddess of Vengeance on lookatbook.de
- ↑ lexbarker.net
- ↑ Kali Yug: The Goddess of Vengeance. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Kali Yug: The Goddess of Vengeance in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kali Yug: The Goddess of Vengeance in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 258/1964.
