Tarzan and the female leopard
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| German title | Tarzan and the female leopard | ||
| Original title | Tarzan and the Leopard Woman | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1946 | ||
| length | 72 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Kurt Neumann | ||
| script | Carroll Young | ||
| production | Sol Lesser | ||
| music | Paul Sawtell | ||
| camera | Karl Struss | ||
| cut | Robert O. Crandall | ||
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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (original title: Tarzan and the Leopard Woman ) is an American adventure film by Kurt Neumann from 1946. The script was based on the Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs . The film premiered in January 1946. In Germany, the film was first shown in cinemas on August 3, 1951.
action
An injured man reaches a village on the Zambezi , where Tarzan is also staying. The man is about to die, but can tell that the caravan he was part of was attacked by leopards. Tarzan explains to the government official that leopards use teeth and claws at the same time to kill, but that the now deceased only has claw wounds. So it couldn't have been leopards. The officer does not believe Tarzan and sends a safari to track down and destroy the leopards. Before the safari starts, Dr. Lazar, a half-breed, his tribe of shy cave dwellers from Tarzan's suspicions.
Lazar and the high priestess of the Lea tribe agree that in order to protect their tribe and their home, Bagandi, they must continue to ambush caravans and that Tarzan has become a threat. This time they let real leopards raid the safari, which also includes Tarzan, Jane, their adopted son Boy, the chimpanzee Cheetah and four teachers. Tarzan chases the big cats away, but still believes they aren't responsible for the other attacks. But the shocked government official still doesn't believe him.
Lea's brother Kimba secretly watched the leopard attack. In order to gain reputation in the eyes of the members of the tribe, especially Lazars, who doesn't like him, he wants to kill Tarzan and his family. To do this, he visits Tarzan's tree house, where the family is now again. He pretends to be a starving man who is lost. Tarzan and Boy distrust the young man, but Jane wants to help him find his way back to his caravan. While Tarzan and Boy are absent, Kimba steals a knife and dons the leopard dress of his tribe. Just as he is about to attack the unsuspecting Jane, Tarzan and Boy return.
When the safari arrives in Bagandi, the officer ensures that the teachers who are traveling with them are safe. Lea and Lazar arrange an attack on the teachers. During the attack, Boy, who arrives in Kimba’s leopard dress, is also attacked by the Bagandis. Alerted by Cheetah, Tarzan rushes over, rescues Boy and the attacked women, but is captured in the process. Meanwhile, Kimba tries to kill Boy and Jane, but is knocked down by Cheetah and locked in a bamboo cage by Boy.
In the Bagandi cave, Lea Tarzan asks to reveal Kimba’s whereabouts. The men of the tribe attack the tree house and capture Jane and Boy. In the cave, Tarzan and his family as well as the teachers are supposed to be sacrificed to the leopard god of the tribe. When the leopard warriors perform their tribal dance, Cheetah sneaks into the cave and unleashes Tarzan, Boy and Jane. When Tarzan overturns the post he was tied to, the cave begins to collapse. Shortly before the cave collapses completely, Tarzan sees Kimba who shoots Lazar and is then killed by falling boulders. Tarzan, Jane, Boy and Cheetah can escape from the cave together with the teachers.
background
The film is the tenth Tarzan adventure with Johnny Weissmüller as Tarzan. Lillian Molieri, the actress who played one of the teachers, was born in Nicaragua and was Miss Central America in 1945. The remaining teachers were played by Iris Flores, Helen Gerald and Kay Solinas.
Cinematographer Karl Struss won the first camera Oscar in 1929. Production manager Clem Beauchamp was also an Oscar winner. In 1936 he was honored in the no longer existing category Best Assistant Director . Sound engineer John R. Carter was honored with an Oscar 30 years later (1976).
Reviews
“A series product with few imaginations, experienced, but at best for inexperienced fans,” said the lexicon of international films .
German version
The German dubbed version was created in 1951 by the RKO dubbing department in Berlin.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Tarzan | Johnny Weissmüller | Wilhelm Borchert |
| Jane | Brenda Joyce | Rose Sybille Lorandt |
| Lea | Acquanetta | Elisabeth Ried |
| Dr. Lazar | Edgar Barrier | Klaus Miedel |
| Government official | Dennis Hoey | Alfred Haase |
| Mongo | Anthony Caruso | Reinhard Kolldehoff |
Web links
- Tarzan and the Leopard Woman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Critique of Variety (English)
- International movie posters on posterdb.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tarzan and the female leopard. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de