Princess of Mars
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Princess of Mars |
| Original title | Princess of Mars |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Atkins |
| script | Mark Atkins |
| production | David Michael Latt |
| music | Chris Ridenhour |
| camera | Mark Atkins |
| cut | Mark Atkins |
| occupation | |
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Princess of Mars is an American science fiction film from 2009 . Directed by Mark Atkins , who also wrote the script. The film is loosely based on the novel The Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs and was also marketed under the title The Martian Colony Wars .
action
The sniper John Carter is seriously injured during a mission in Afghanistan by the betrayal of the mercenary Sarka. Since there is practically no chance that he will survive, he is used by the army for a teletransportation experiment to a distant planet, in the course of which his body is restored. On the planet Barsoom he is trapped by the strange looking Thark, but thanks to his honorable behavior and his strength in battle he soon wins the respect of Thark Tars Tarkas.
After rescuing the human-looking Princess Dejah Thoris, both are taken to the cruel ruler of the Tarks, where Carter is forced to fight Tars, whom he already considers a friend. But he manages to force the ruler of the Tarks into the ring, where he is killed by Tars, who now takes control. In the meantime, Sarka, who has secretly come to the planet with Carter, tries by trickery and deceit to take over the heart of the princess and rule over the planet. But Carter thwarted his plans. At the moment of triumph he is transported back to earth, where he now waits for a chance to return to the princess.
production
Most of the filming took place in Vasquez Rocks near Los Angeles. The film did not come to cinemas in Germany and was released directly on DVD on April 29, 2010 .
reception
The reception of the film was largely negative, but it still finds a clientele among trash and B-movie fans.
Rotten Tomatoes says only 8% of 358 viewers rated the film positively.
The film service thinks Princess of Mars is a "cheap, simply silly science fiction adventure [...] which is vaguely based on motifs from Avatar ".
The portal cinema.de described the film as a "conceptless C-movie".
synchronization
The German dubbing was done at Stutt i / O Synchron in Stuttgart, Simon Mora was responsible for the dialogue direction and the German dialogue book .
| role | actor | speaker |
|---|---|---|
| John Carter | Antonio Sabato Jr. | Gabriel Kemmether |
| Dejah Thoris | Tracy Lords | Ulla Wagener |
| Cornwell Sams | Tomas Boykin | Matthias Copper |
| Kantos Kan | Matt Lagan | Horst Kiss |
| Tars Tarkas | Matt Lagan | Nikolas Gerdell |
Web links
- Princess of Mars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Princess of Mars . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2010 (PDF).
- ↑ Princess Of Mars. In: rottentomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes , accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Princess of Mars - short review . In: Filmdienst.de . Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ↑ Princess Of Mars - Review In: cinema.de . Retrieved September 28, 2019
- ↑ Princess of Mars in the German synchronous file