Tarzan and the Nazis
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| German title | Tarzan and the Nazis also Tarzan's triumph |
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| Original title | Tarzan's triumphs | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1942 | ||
| length | 78 minutes | ||
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| Director | Wilhelm Thiele | ||
| script |
Roy Chanslor , Carroll Young |
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| production | Sol Lesser | ||
| music | Paul Sawtell | ||
| camera | Harry J. Wild | ||
| cut | Hal C. Kern | ||
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Tarzan and the Nazis , also known as Tarzan's Triumph (original title: Tarzan Triumphs ), is an American adventure film by Wilhelm Thiele from 1942. The script was based on the Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs . The film premiered on January 20, 1943. In Germany, the film was first shown on January 15, 1971, as a television premiere on ZDF . In Austria it was first broadcast on September 14, 1971 on ORF 2.
action
Tarzan's adopted son Boy is rescued by Zandra. During the action, the woman herself is in danger, from which she in turn saves Tarzan. Zandra is the daughter of the ruler of the jungle city Pallandria. Back at the tree house, Boy Tarzan reads a letter from Jane who is visiting her sick mother in London. In the letter Jane writes about the war and the Nazi dictatorship.
A short time later, paratroopers jump over the jungle. It is German soldiers who are supposed to occupy the resource-rich area for the German economy. One of the jumpers, Lieutenant Schmidt, injured himself and radioed for help. The pilot of the German plane flies low to look for the injured. But a flock of birds crashes the machine. Tarzan witnesses the crash and is able to save Schmidt from crocodiles. He takes Schmidt to the tree house, where he pretends to be British.
At the same time, Pallandria was reached by German soldiers led by Colonel von Reichart. The residents and the ruling family welcome the soldiers. The Germans soon occupy the city and hire the residents to mine raw materials for the German war industry. The captain harasses Zandra, who comes to the aid of her brother Archmet, but is killed by the soldiers. In the meantime, Schmidt tries to get reinforcements by radio. But the chimpanzee Cheetah steals part of the radio. A short time later, Tarzan hears gunfire in the jungle and finds Zandra, who is being followed by German soldiers. He'll keep her safe. The soldiers who try to chase them across a river are attacked by carnivorous fish. Only one officer survived.
When Cheetah tries to steal part of the radio again, Schmidt shoots her and follows her into the jungle. Cheetah gets help from an elephant who pushes Schmidt over a cliff. Meanwhile, the surviving officer reaches Pallandria with the news that Tarzan is in possession of the radio. Zandra tries to convince Tarzan to see enemies in the German soldiers. But Tarzan wants to stay out of everything and not fight against them. Zandra wants to return to the city, Tarzan accompanies her. At the same time, the Germans reach the tree house and find the radio. Boy is captured and interrogated about the missing part of the device. Tarzan comes to the tree house too. When trying to save Boy, he is shot.
The Germans leave Tarzan and take Boy with them. Cheetah leads Zandra to the injured Tarzan, who nurses him to health. Tarzan learns of Boy's kidnapping and hurries to Pallandria. There he is caught by the Germans and is to be executed the next morning. Zandra is also said to be shot after repelling Reichart's advances. When the residents of the city want to free Zandra, von Reichart threatens to have every tenth resident executed together with Tarzan.
Tarzan can kill the officer on watch with a knife throw. He can destroy the German machine gun and free the imprisoned residents. The residents arm themselves with rifles and drive away the Germans, who flee into the jungle with the captain. Tarzan follows the captain who has the radio with him. Von Reichart tries to spark Berlin, but is lured by Tarzan in front of a lion, which kills him. Cheetah picks up the radio microphone and starts chattering. At the Berlin headquarters the sounds are mistaken for Hitler's words.
background
The seventh Tarzan adventure with Johnny Weissmüller is a turning point. For the first time a film in this series was produced by RKO Pictures . Maureen O'Sullivan , who wanted to give up her role as Jane beforehand, did not appear in this film because she was still under contract with MGM . With a few exceptions, such as B. Colonel von Reichart, the pilot, the surviving officer and Lieutenant Schmidt, the Germans were portrayed by German actors. In contrast to the MGM productions, the natives were not played by Africans, but by whites in South Sea costumes. Frances Gifford was known as the leading actress in the film series Jungle Girl (German: Jungle Gangster ), which was also based on motifs by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The director Wilhelm Thiele, like the German actors used in the film, came to the USA on the run from the Nazis. Thiele was a native of Austria. The two-time Oscar winner Harry Horner took care of the equipment . Clem Beauchamp , who received an Oscar in this former category in 1930, worked as an assistant director . Film editor Hal C. Kern also came to the set with an Oscar award.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film attested the film an “[n] aive story” and called it “a curiosity in film history with sometimes stunning but involuntarily comical scenes”.
German version
The German dubbed version was created in 1970 on behalf of ZDF under the dubbing direction and based on the dialogue book by Kurt E. Ludwig .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Tarzan | Johnny Weissmüller | Michael Chevalier |
| Zandra | Frances Gifford | Renate Pichler |
| boy | Johnny Sheffield | Udo Wachtveitl |
| Colonel von Reichart | Stanley Ridges | Horst Naumann |
| officer | Sig Ruman | Kurt E. Ludwig |
| Lieutenant Schmidt | Rex Williams | Horst Raspe |
| patriarch | Pedro de Cordoba | Ernst Kuhr |
Web links
- Tarzan Triumphs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Critique of Variety (English)
- International movie posters on posterdb.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ TV program of the Schwäbische Zeitung of September 14, 1971, page 5
- ↑ Tarzan and the Nazis. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 25, 2017 .
- ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de