Tarzan's revenge

Movie
German title	Tarzan's revenge
Original title	Tarzan escapes
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1936
length	89 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Richard Thorpe
script	Cyril Hume
production	Jack Cummings , Phil Goldstone , Bernard H. Hyman
music	William ax
camera	Leonard Smith
cut	W. Donn Hayes , Frank Lawrence
occupation
Johnny Weissmüller : Tarzan Maureen O'Sullivan : Jane John Buckler : Captain Fry Benita Hume : Rita William Henry : Eric Herbert Mundin : Rawlins EE Clive : Masters Darby Jones : Bomba Everett Brown : tribal leader
synchronization
chronology
Successor  → Tarzan and his son

Tarzan's Revenge (original title: Tarzan Escapes ) is an American adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe from 1936. The script was based on the Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs . The film premiered on November 6, 1936. In Germany, the film was first shown in cinemas on August 31, 1951.

action

Jane and Tarzan have made their home in the jungle. Your tree house has running water and an elephant-powered elevator. The peaceful life does not last long, however, because Jane's relatives want to bring them back to their native England. Rita and Eric arrive in Africa and instruct the seedy Captain Fry to lead them to Jane. They want to tell her that Jane has to sign important documents in England that regulate the inheritance of her recently deceased uncle.

Captain Fry, a poacher who knows the dangers of such a journey, refuses the assignment at first. But he wants to catch a great white monkey and sell it to London. So Fry agrees to accompany the two relatives. In addition to Fry, Rita, and Eric, the tour group includes Fry's assistant Rawlins and a group of natives led by Bomba. The troops are soon attacked by natives of the Ganeloni tribe. The porters flee, the rest of the tour participants camp in a village.

Tarzan and his chimpanzee Cheetah watch the group and secretly release some captured monkeys. At Jane again, Tarzan's concern about the white intruders notices. At Jane's insistence, they both visit the tour group. Jane recognizes her relatives Rita and Eric and invites them to dinner in the tree house. While Tarzan collects for food, Rita and Eric urge Jane to return to England. Jane doesn't want to leave Tarzan, but she promises to return to him soon. Tarzan is bitter at first, but soon he is convinced of Jane's true feelings about him.

At the same time, Fry plans to kidnap Tarzan in order to present him as a sensation in Europe. The good-hearted Rawlins tries to thwart the plan, but is killed by Fry. Fry lies to Tarzan about Jane's intentions. He tells him that she wants to leave him. He uses a trick to lure Tarzan into a cage. When native warriors arrive, he manages to free himself with the help of two elephants. The warriors captured Rita, Eric and Jane to sacrifice. Tarzan lets elephants attack the natives by calling monkeys, at the same time he recognizes Fry as a criminal and lures him into a swamp where the villain dies. Grateful for their rescue, Rita and Eric confess that the inheritance story is a trick and that Jane's presence in England is not necessary. Jane says goodbye to them and returns to the jungle with Tarzan.

background

The MGM production, the third Tarzan film starring Johnny Weissmüller and Maureen O'Sullivan, had an estimated budget of approximately one million US dollars.

For John Buckler it was the last film, he died in a traffic accident a week before the premiere. Even Herbert Mundin died three years after the filming of the movie in a traffic accident. Benita Hume, who played the role of Rita, was the sister of screenwriter Cyril Hume, who had already adapted the script for the first Tarzan film with Weissmüller.

Richard Thorpe took over the direction of the Australian John Farrow , after this had replaced James C. McKay. In the same year Farrow married the Jane actress Maureen O'Sullivan. Cedric Gibbons was replaced as art director by Elmer Sheeley, responsibility for the special effects passed from James Basevi to A. Arnold Gillespie (later three Oscars), Tom Tutwiler replaced Max Fabian in the camera effects. Cinematographer Leonard Smith won an Oscar in 1946 with his last film The Wilderness Is Calling . He passed away a year later. The film was set by Edwin B. Willis , who later won eight Academy Awards . For him it was the ninth of over 600 works on a film. Another Oscar winner was responsible for the tone: Douglas Shearer , who received seven Academy Awards in his career.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films called Tarzan's Vengeance a "[h] wholesome jungle adventure with some beautiful copied original footage from the animal world". For Cinema it could have been “the best Tarzan film”, but it was “too 'exciting' for the audience at the time”, which is why it was “defused, partly re-shot”.

German versions

A first German dubbed version was created in 1951 in the MGM synchronization studio in Berlin. In 1981 the ZDF commissioned another dubbing from Arena Synchron GmbH Berlin, which was produced under the dubbing direction and based on the dialogue book by Franz-Otto Krüger .

role	actor	Voice actor 1951	Voice actor 1981
Tarzan	Johnny Weissmüller	Wilhelm Borchert	Wolfgang Pampel
Jane	Maureen O'Sullivan	-	Almut Eggert
Captain Fry	John Buckler	Wolfgang Lukschy	Hermann Wagner
Rita	Benita Hume	-	Brigitte Grothum
Eric	William Henry	Klaus Schwarzkopf	Eckhard Heise
Rawlins	Herbert Mundin	Clemens Hasse	Wolfgang Spier
Masters	EE Clive	Arthur Schröder	Wilhelm Borchert
Bomba	Darby Jones	Alfred Balthoff	-

Web links

• Tarzan Escapes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Critique of Variety (English)
• International movie posters on posterdb.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Business on imdb.com
2. ↑ Tarzan's Revenge. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 24, 2017 .  
3. ↑ See cinema.de
4. ↑ See Synchronization 1951 on synchrondatenbank.de
5. ↑ See Synchronization 1981 on synchrondatenbank.de