Sindbad's dangerous adventures

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Movie
German title Sindbad's dangerous adventures
Original title The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Country of production UK , USA
original language English
Publishing year 1973
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Gordon Hessler
script Brian Clemens
Ray Harryhausen
production Ray Harryhausen
Charles H. Schneer
music Miklós Rózsa
camera Ted Moore
cut Roy Watts
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Sindbad's seventh journey

Successor  →
Sindbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Sindbad's Dangerous Adventure is a British - American fantasy film directed by Gordon Hessler from 1973. The film opened in German cinemas on April 12, 1974.

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On the journey across the Indian Ocean , the seafarer Sindbad and his crew fell into the hands of a mysterious golden piece of jewelry that was lost by a flying creature, a winged homunculus . While his crew outlaws the gem as a bad omen , Sindbad takes the amulet and sails on. The following night, however, he is plagued by a nightmare in which a figure wrapped in black who calls his name and a mysterious young woman appear, and a storm hits the ship on the coast of the kingdom of Marabia. When Sindbad is the first to swim ashore, he meets Prince Koura, a magician of the dark arts. This was the actual recipient of the golden piece of jewelry and wants to steal it from the seafarer, but is stopped by the guards of the Grand Vizier , the regent of Marabia, who help Sindbad. Koura uses a magic spell to shut the city gate and thus escapes his pursuers. However, it becomes clear that whenever Koura uses magic, he loses life energy and ages.

In the capital, the regent of the empire, the Grand Vizier, whose face was disfigured by Koura's magic and which he has since been hiding under a golden mask, tells Sindbad about the golden find: It is one of three parts that, when put together, make an amulet, which shows the way to the mystical island of Lemuria . On this there is said to be a secret cave in which the "Well of Fate" is located. This is a magical source that releases three unearthly gifts for the parts of the amulet - eternal youth, an invisible shield and a crown of immeasurable value - and for these gifts Koura wants to bring the amulet into his possession. Sindbad and the Grand Vizier have two components, and with their help they discover the way to the location of the third fragment, which is located in a temple of the goddess Kali on Lemuria.

The conversation is overheard by Koura's creature, the homunculus, and through his connection with his master, Koura also learns of the plan before the homunculus is discovered and its end. Sindbad sets out to complete the amulet, and the Grand Vizier agrees to join in the search. Shortly before leaving, Sindbad is asked by a local trader to take his useless son Haroun with him in order to make a man out of him. At first Sindbad refuses, but when he meets the slave Margiana and recognizes her from his nightly dream vision, he finally goes into the business and takes them both with him.

The next morning, Sindbad and his crew set out for Lemuria, and Koura himself pursues them with his own ship. The subsequent journey is full of dangers that Koura presents to sea travelers. After an attempt to shake him off in a fog, the latter awakens the figurehead of Sindbad's ship and thus steals the sea chart to Lemuria. By capturing the card, he does not get to Lemuria first, but manages to lock Sindbad and his followers in the temple of the Oracle of Lemuria and to enter the temple of the goddess Kali. The wild natives, who worship both this statue and a "living god" in the form of a one-eyed centaur , want to sacrifice Koura and his servants, but Koura awakens the statue of Kali with an elixir and thus not only wins the loyalty of the natives, but can also rush Kali on Sindbad and his friends. When Haroun succeeds in bringing Kali down, they find the third part of the amulet in the rubble, but Koura manages to take all three parts from them and to be the first to get into the secret cave with the fountain of fate.

With the last of his strength, Koura, who has now become very old, manages to throw a piece of the amulet into the well and thereby regain his youth. Just as Sindbad is about to confront Koura, both parties are forced to intervene in a battle of the forces of good and evil (in the form of the one-eyed centaur and a griffin ), and Koura also gains the power of invisibility in the process. However, through the equalizing hand of fate, Sinbad gets the chance to kill the magician; the third amulet falls into the well and releases the last gift, the crown of immeasurable value. Although Sindbad has the opportunity to make himself king, he decides to hand over the crown to the Grand Vizier, thereby relieving him of his disfigurement and confirming him as the true ruler of Marabia. With the healed Grand Vizier, Margiana at his side and Haroun as a new, full member of his team, Sindbad then begins the triumphant journey home to Marabia.

Reviews

“A film adaptation of the well-known Sindbad material, which lacks any fairy tale character, is a monumental film. Technically perfect in the trick scenes, miserable in scenery and colors. The care of the staging leaves a lot to be desired. "

- Lexicon of international film (CD-ROM edition), Systhema, Munich 1997

background

  • Charles H. Schneer and Ray Harryhausen worked again with Columbia after 1964 . It was the second Sindbad film adaptation of Columbia after Sindbad's 7th trip . The cost was a little less than $ 1 million.
  • The stop-motion tricks came from Ray Harryhausen and took several months to complete after the shooting was complete. The special effects were first advertised under the name Dynarama.
  • Christopher Lee was originally intended for the role of Koura . Koura actor Tom Baker was subsequently featured on the television series Dr. Who obliges. In the English original, Koura's magic vows consisted of advertising slogans read backwards.
  • Achmed actor Takis Emmanuel was dubbed in the original English by Robert Rietti.

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