Tarzan and the lost safari
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Tarzan and the lost safari |
| Original title | Tarzan and the Lost Safari |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| script |
Montgomery Pittmann Lillie Howard |
| production | John Croydon |
| music | Clifton Parker |
| camera | CM Pennington-Richards |
| cut | Bill Lewthwaite |
| occupation | |
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Tarzan and the Lost Safari (original title: Tarzan and the Lost Safari ) is an American feature film from 1957. It is said to be the first Tarzan film in color. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone . The leading roles are starring Gordon Scott , Robert Beatty , Yolande Donlan and Betta St. John . The script was written by Montgomery Pittman and Lillie Hayward using the characters by Edgar Rice Burroughs . In his home country, the film was shown for the first time on April 12, 1957, and in the Federal Republic of Germany on December 19 the same year.
action
During his forays through the African jungle, Tarzan discovers a smashed touring plane that has crashed here and contains five people: the pilot Dick Penrod and his wife Diana as well as the young Gamage Dean, a newspaper reporter and the adventurer Carl Kraski. Tarzan manages to free the trapped and bring them to safety from the tribe of the Opar warriors.
The seedy big game hunter "Tusker" Hawkins also heard of the crash. Now he wants to use the opportunity to bring the victims to the native tribe of the Opar so that they can sacrifice them to their gods. In return, he expects to receive valuable ivory from the savages.
Diana Penrod gets lost in the jungle. A couple of Opar warriors discover the woman and take her prisoner. When Tarzan hears their calls for help, he rushes over. His attempt to free Diana, however, fails because of the overwhelming power of the natives. These bring the prisoners to their village. Hawkins, who is just there, enjoys the sight of the beautiful and manages that she is left to him. Then he looks for the stranded with her. He intends to pretend to be the lady's savior in order to gain the crew's trust. However, Tarzan is the only one who sees through Hawkins' plan. The group, however, initially has no suspicions and follows the big game hunter who pretends to lead them to the coast. Instead, he lures them into a trap, where the five are caught by the Opar warriors and brought to their camp. Tied up, they wait there for their sacrifice. Now, with the help of the chimpanzee Cheeta, Tarzan pulls out all the stops to free the prisoners, which he manages with great difficulty after a few setbacks. While the villainous Hawkins falls into the depths with a loosened suspension bridge and dies in the process, Tarzan leads the stranded to freedom.
criticism
The Lexicon of International Films notes that despite the use of Cinemascope, the film has nothing formally ahead of earlier Tarzan productions. The evangelical film observer draws the following conclusion: "This adventure film, in which Tarzan saves a misguided safari, will only appeal to the loyal Tarzan community."
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Kraski | George Coulouris | Paul Wagner |
| Diana Penrod | Betta St. John | Edith Schneider |
| Thick | Peter Arne | Wolfgang Lukschy |
| Evelyn Dean | Yolande Donlan | Till Lauenstein |
| chief | Orlando Martins | Clemens Hasse |
| Johnny Fletcher | Wilfrid Hyde-White | Siegfried Schürenberg |
| Tarzan | Gordon Scott | Hans-Dieter Zeidler |
| Tusker Hawkins | Robert Beatty | Werner Peters |
source
Program for the film, published by the publishing house Das neue Filmprogramm , Mannheim, without a number
Web links
- Tarzan and the Lost Safari in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- A few pictures of the film at cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3723
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 806/1957
- ↑ Tarzan and the Lost Safari. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 1, 2019 .