Tarzan, the defender of the jungle
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Tarzan, the defender of the jungle |
| Original title | Tarzan's Savage Fury |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Cy Endfield |
| script |
Hans Jacoby , Cyril Hume , Shirley White |
| production | Sol Lesser |
| music | Paul Sawtell |
| camera | Karl Struss |
| cut | Frank Sullivan |
| occupation | |
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Tarzan, the defender of the jungle (original title: Tarzan's Savage Fury ) is an American adventure film by Cy Endfield from 1952. The basis for the script were the Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs . The film premiered on March 14, 1952. In Germany, the film was first shown in cinemas on September 3, 1953.
action
Lord Oliver Greystoke, Tarzan's cousin, was killed by his partner Rokov on his Africa expedition. His identity is assumed by another Englishman, Edwards. Rokov and Edwards go in search of Tarzan and are in radio contact with buddies in Randini.
At the same time, Tarzan saves the American orphan boy Joseph Martin from attacking natives. He takes the boy home. On the way home, Tarzan encourages the boy he calls Joey to fight his fear of lions. He shows him how to make the animals flee with just a glance. In the tree house he introduces Joey to his companion Jane. At the same time, Rokov and Edwards arrive at the place. After Edwards has passed himself off as Lord Greystoke, he reads from a diary that Tarzan's father was born. When Tarzan was a baby, Lord and Lady Greystoke lived with the mysterious Wazuri tribe. The two gained the trust of the tribe. They noticed that the Wazuri decorated their sacred sites with diamonds. Edwards asks Tarzan to help him find the Wazuri, but Tarzan refuses. Jane interjects that Tarzan shouldn't ignore his origins. Perhaps the wazuri would trade in if she came with them.
Tarzan agrees and leads the expedition through the jungle, Jane, Joey and the chimpanzee Cheetah at his side. During a river crossing with rafts, Rokov is eager to shoot hippos. The frightened animals want to flee and kill one of the native porters. Tarzan is furious and declares that he will now take command of the expedition. When the group leaves the jungle behind, they have to cross a dry plain. Thereby the water becomes scarce. Tarzan can lead the thirsty troop to a source. There, Cheetah steals the slain lord's passport that Edwards is carrying with him. Afraid of exposure, Rokov and Edwards hunt Cheetah.
Tarzan notices that cannibals are ambushing them. When the cannibals attack, the Wazuri appear and chase away the attackers. The tribe's medicine man calls all whites devils, yet they are not killed after an English-speaking old Wazuri remembers Tarzan's father and the book he used to teach the wazuri. The expedition is brought before the chief, who instructs the old warrior and Tarzan to look for the book.
While Tarzan is out, Jane finds the stolen passport. She accuses Rokov of cheating, whereupon the latter alarms his accomplices in Randini by radio. They're supposed to come in airplanes to distract Wazuri so he and Edwards can find the diamonds. When Rokov enters the temple, he stabs the medicine man who surprised him. Edwards gets scruples and confesses to Jane the deception. Jane sends Joey and Cheetah to Tarzan. At the same time, Tarzan and the old warrior found the place where Tarzan's parents lived. They return to the Wazuri with a Bible.
Nearby, Rokov and the now sick Edwards encounter a pride of lions in a ravine. Just as Tarzan arrives, Rokov pushes Edwards among the lions. He tells Tarzan that Edwards has fallen, whereupon Tarzan wants to climb into the ravine. Rokov shoots at him. Tarzan helplessly slides down the slope and is buried by a boulder. Rokov runs away to call the planes by radio. Joey sees Tarzan, drives away the lions and can free his friend. Tarzan reaches Rokov and fights with him. In the fight, Rokov falls to death from the cliff. Tarzan, Joey, Cheetah and the old warrior return to the Wazuri village with the stolen diamonds. With this, Tarzan saved Jane from being executed. Cheetah found Rokov's radio. Their chatter irritates the pilot so much that he crashes his plane. The old warrior reads a chapter on sharing from the Bible. The chief gives Tarzan and Jane half of the diamonds.
background
Dorothy Hart played Jane in the fourth Tarzan adventure with Lex Barker in the title role . She was the fourth actress to act as Barker's companion. After this film she starred in only one other movie and then only worked for television. For cameraman Karl Struss , the first winner of a camera Oscars in film history, it was also the fourth appearance in a Tarzan film.
In the photo showing Lord Oliver Greystoke, Lex Barker can be seen with a full beard.
After the many Tarzan films that only use the fictional character of Tarzan, this film again makes more reference to the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A story is told that touches Tarzan's true origins. The figure of Rokov is also based on the villain "Rockoff" from the early Tarzan stories.
Reviews
“Series fare based less on credibility than on entertainment effects without any particular ambitions,” said the lexicon of international film . Cinema found the film “extremely simple in terms of its ramaturgic”. The evangelical film observer described him as a “fairytale kitsch about the sporty jungle people”.
German version
A German dubbed version was created in 1969 on behalf of ZDF in the television studio in Munich Unterföhring under the dubbing direction and based on the dialogue book by Wolfgang Schick .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Tarzan | Lex Barker | Claus Jurichs |
| Jane | Dorothy Hart | Heidelinde Weis |
| Edwards | Patric Knowles | Joachim Hansen |
| Joey | Tommy Carlton | Eva Mattes |
| Rokov | Charles Korvin | Thomas Bride |
| pilot | Peter Mamakos | Michael Gahr |
Web links
- Tarzan's Savage Fury in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Critique of Variety (English)
- International movie posters on posterdb.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tarzan, the defender of the jungle. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ Ev. Munich Press Association, Review No. 678/1953.
- ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de