Tarzan's greatest adventure
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Tarzan's greatest adventure |
| Original title | Tarzan's Greatest Adventure |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Guillermin |
| script |
Berne Giler John Guillermin |
| production | Sy Weintraub |
| music | Douglas Gamley |
| camera | Edward Scaife |
| cut | Bert Rule |
| occupation | |
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (Original title: Tarzan's Greatest Adventure ) is an American movie director John Guillermin from 1959 played the title role of the jungle hero Tarzan Gordon Scott here for the fifth time. The script was based on a story by Les Crutchfield using the characters by Edgar Rice Burroughs . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was released for the first time on October 13, 1959, and the television premiere took place on November 8, 1970 on ZDF .
action
The African village of Mantu is attacked. The attacker's target is the dynamite store in the village. The village doctor can still transmit the name Slade over the radio before he dies. The next morning, the victims of the attack are buried. The present Tarzan is informed by a British police officer that dye has been found. Tarzan is convinced that the attack was not carried out by blacks, but by whites who disguised themselves as blacks using the dye.
Tarzan meets the bush pilot Angie, who heard the name Slade over the radio. Tarzan knows Slade and remembers him as an unscrupulous, over dead criminal. With a canoe he goes in search of the gangster. Angie follows him with her Cessna, but falls into the river after an engine failure. Tarzan saves her from a crocodile and continues his search with her.
Slade is on his river boat with four comrades: the cheater Dino, the drunkard O'Bannion, the former Nazi Kruger and with his Italian girlfriend Toni. You are on your way to a secret diamond mine. They need the dynamite to mine the gemstones. A machine failure leads to a dispute among the gang members. Tarzan and Angie can also catch up. The gang goes ashore, Dino gets into quicksand and sinks. They find the boat peppered with arrows. While Slade and O'Bannion leave the boat, Kruger is able to injure Tarzan with a load of dynamite. Still, Tarzan can kill O'Bannion. Kruger tries to get Toni to tell him the location of the mine. Kruger's attempt to kill Slade fails. Slade lets him live and goes to the mine with him and Toni.
Angie takes care of the injured Tarzan. She is captured while attempting to steal drugs from Slade's boat. Slade tries to lure Tarzan into a trap with Angie. Kruger frees Angie and lets her run to Tarzan. Toni wants to warn Slade, but falls into the trap intended for Tarzan and dies. Kruger can convince Slade that Toni was afraid of a roaring lion and therefore fled. Now the two men make their way to the mine. Slade wants to kill Tarzan first. Kruger fears for his diamond share, so he attacks Slade. Slade turns out to be stronger and pushes Kruger into a mine shaft.
Tarzan is nursed back to health by Angie and falls in love with her. Much to Angie's displeasure, however, he wants to catch Slade, who does not belong in the jungle. The final battle between Tarzan and Slade takes place on a river cliff. Slade can tie up Tarzan with a lasso, but he breaks his shackles and can throw Slade down the cliff. Tarzan hears the horn of the river boat. Angie has boarded the boat and is bringing it to Mantu along with the dynamite. Tarzan watches her go but decides to stay in the jungle.
criticism
The lexicon of international film refers to the film as "Adventure, which almost all features typical Tarzan movies missing, what he's trying to make up by frequent brutality." The Variety described the film in its issue of June 17, 1959 as Jungle Seemansgarn that get absorbed by Tarzan fans.
background
The film, shot in Eastmancolor , premiered on July 8, 1959 in New York City . The film was shot in Kenya . A version shortened by eight minutes was published in Germany.
Two innovations stand out in this film. It is the first Tarzan film without his girlfriend Jane. In addition, the chimpanzee Cheetah can only be seen in one scene at the beginning of the film.
The film architect Michael Stringer was responsible for the equipment of the film , his assistant was Peter Murton . The sound mix was overseen by John Cox . The later film director Nicolas Roeg worked here as a cameraman.
synchronization
The German dubbing was based on the dialogue books and directed by Bodo Francke in the studios of Berliner Synchron GmbH in Berlin .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Tarzan | Gordon Scott | Horst Niendorf |
| Angie | Sara Shane | Inge Estate |
| Dino | Al Mulock | Herbert Stass |
| Kruger | Niall MacGinnis | Eduard Wandrey |
| O'Bannion | Sean Connery | Arnold Marquis |
| Slade | Anthony Quayle | Curt Ackermann |
| Toni | Scilla fork | Renate Küster |
Web links
- Tarzan's Greatest Adventure in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- German movie poster
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tarzan's greatest adventure. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Article in Variety, p. 6 (English)
- ↑ Tarzan's greatest adventure. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 1, 2019 .