Sandokan - The Tiger of Malaysia

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Television series
German title The tiger of Malaysia
Original title Sandokan
Country of production Italy , Germany , France
original language Italian
year 1976
length 60 minutes
Episodes 6 in 1 season
genre Adventure series
Director Sergio Sollima
idea based on books by Emilio Salgari
script Antonia Lucatelli
Giuseppe Mangione
Manlio Scarpelli
Alberto Silvestri
Sergio Sollima
production Elio Scardamaglia
music Guido De Angelis
Maurizio De Angelis
camera Marcello Masciocchi
First broadcast January 6, 1976
German-language
first broadcast		 April 21, 1979 on ARD
occupation

Sandokan - The Tiger of Malaysia is a 1976 mini television series based on adventure novels by Emilio Salgari , which is about the Malay pirate Sandokan, who opposes British colonization by James Brooke , the first White Raja of Sarawak.

action

In the 19th century, Sandokan, the last survivor of a ruling family, fought in what is now Malaysia as a pirate with his loyal followers against the English, especially against the unscrupulous James Brooke, who is responsible for the murder of his family. Sandokan leads a pirate life on the island of Mompracem and fights against the colonial masters. His loyal companion is the Portuguese Yanez de Gomera. Because of his love for Marianna, the niece of the representative of the East India Trade Company , Lord Guillonk, Sandokan runs the risk of being caught by the English several times. After several unsuccessful attempts to kidnap Marianna - with her consent - it finally succeeds. They get married and live happily together for a year, and more and more people are joining Sandokan. Then cholera breaks out on Mompracem and kills a large part of the population. In an attack by the English soon afterwards, the island is conquered and Marianna dies. Sandokan manages to escape with Yanez de Gomera and continues sailing as a pirate.

Episodes

  1. The conquerors
  2. The strange prince
  3. Tiger hunting
  4. The victim
  5. The betrayal
  6. The battle

Sequels and other films

1977 came the film La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa! out. It is the follow-up film to the miniseries that ran with great success in Italy and Germany. However, this film never came on German television.

In 1996 the other miniseries The Return of Sandokan followed and in 1998 the offshoot The Son of Sandokan , both with Kabir Bedi.

There are numerous other film adaptations, e.g. B. with Steve Reeves or Ray Danton in the lead role. Animated versions are also available.

literature

  • Bianca Gerlich: Sandokan von Malludu - historical background of a novel cycle set in Borneo by the Italian writer Emilio Salgari. In: M. Klein, J. Krause (Hrsg.): Umbruch in Südostasien. Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-931567-03-6 , pp. 85-94.

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