Tarzan and the hunters
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Tarzan and the hunters |
| Original title | Tarzan and the Trappers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 70 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Charles F. Haas , Sandy Howard , H. Bruce Humberstone |
| script |
Frederick Schlick , Robert Leach |
| production | Sol Lesser |
| camera |
William E. Snyder , Alan Stensvold |
| cut | George A. Gittens |
| occupation | |
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Tarzan and the Hunters (Original title: Tarzan and the Trappers ) is an American film from 1958. Gordon Scott played the title role of the character invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs .
action
The unscrupulous animal hunters Schroeder and Rene accidentally shoot a native while hunting. When the two also shoot a mother elephant to catch her young, Tarzan tries to prevent worse things and goes in search of the men. Chief Tyana is able to convince Tarzan to bring the local police out of Brandini instead of practicing vigilante justice for his killed warrior. Schroeder and Rene have meanwhile taken Tarzan's son Boy and the chimpanzee Cheta hostage to prevent Tarzan's intervention.
When Tarzan discovers the animal catcher camp, he calls the elephants for help with his distinctive scream. These trample down the camp and destroy the cages with the captured animals. Boy and Cheta also manage to escape. When Tarzan overpowers the two animal catchers, the police arrive and arrest the hunters.
Shortly afterwards, the businessman Lapin asks Tarzan under a pretext for a meeting at his trading post. Lapin claims to be able to prevent future incidents like the one with the animal trappers. Arrived at the trading post, Tarzan realizes that Lapin is only looking for the abandoned city of Zarbo, which is said to be rich in treasures. At his side is the hunter Sikes, the brother of the arrested Schroeder who wants to take revenge on Tarzan. Tarzan manages to escape from the trading post after a fight with Sike's henchmen.
In order to find the way to the city, Lapin has the chief Tyana kidnapped. Tarzan is able to free Tyana from the villain's camp and follows the troop into the hidden city. Once in Zarbo, Lapin discovered that there was neither gold nor jewels there. Tarzan, who has already taken out some of the native porters, begins to threaten them from one of the upper floors. This sounds so threatening to the remaining natives that they flee. In the ensuing fight, Tarzan defeats Lapin and Sikes and delivers them to the police.
background
The film originally consists of three episodes of a planned television series. When this was not realized, the existing material was cut into a feature film. The film only ran on American TV in 1966. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the production was first broadcast on June 21, 1970 on ZDF .
reception
At the English-language critic portal Rotten Tomatoes , only 25% of viewers gave the film a positive rating.
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created in 1970 on behalf of ZDF.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Tarzan | Gordon Scott | Tommi Piper |
| boy | Rickie Sorenson | David Friedmann |
| Jane | Eve Brent | Heidi Treutler |
| Lapin | William Keene | Klaus Höhne |
| Rene | Maurice Marsac | Wolf Rahtjen |
| Schroeder | Leslie Bradley | Niels Clausnitzer |
| Sikes | Sol Gorss | Erich Ebert |
| Tyana | Scatman Crothers | Walter Ofiera |
| teller | - | Heinz Engelmann |
Web links
- Tarzan and the hunters in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tarzan and the hunters in the film dictionary
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tarzan in the 50s in Zauberspiegel.de, accessed October 5, 2019
- ↑ Tarzan and the Hunters. In: rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Tarzan and the Hunters. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Tarzan and the Hunters. In: synchrondatenbank.de. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .