Ursus - avenger of the slaves

Movie
German title	Ursus - avenger of the slaves
Original title	Ursus
Country of production	Italy , Spain
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1960
length	95 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Carlo Campogalliani
script	Sergio Sollima ; Giuliano Carnimeo ; Giuseppe Mangione
production	Italo Zingarelli
music	Roman Vlad
camera	Eloy Mella
cut	Franco Fraticelli ; Julio Peña
occupation
	Ed Fury : Ursus; Moira Orfei : Attea; Cristina Gaioni : Magali; Mario Scaccia : Kimos; María Luisa Merlo : Doreide ; (as Mary Marlon ); Luis Prendes : Setas; Rafael Luis Calvo : Mok, high priest; Mariangela Giordano : Miriam; Roberto Camardiel : Kleontes; Nino Fuscagni : Kimos' guest; Soledad Miranda : Fillide;

Ursus - Avengers of the Slaves (Original title: Ursus ) is an Italian-Spanish mythological adventure film , the first with the strong Roman slave Ursus in the title, directed by Carlo Campogalliani in 1960. It was premiered in German-speaking countries on September 15, 1961.

action

Returning from a battle, Ursus discovers at home that his fiancée Attea was kidnapped three years ago. A blind slave, Doreide, accuses his childhood friend, Setas, who has meanwhile risen to become a powerful and rich man, to be behind the kidnapping. Ursus takes Doreide with him and begins his search with his comrade in arms, Kleontes, who is killed in the process. After being taken by surprise in the house of Kimos, Ursus is tormented by Setas, but can use his strength to free himself.

After an adventure in a gypsy accommodation, Ursus can cross the desert with Doreide and the now captured Setas on their way to the realm of the goddess Zaas. Finally they reach the island where a queen and the priests of the cruel goddess rule; Doride is to be sacrificed to her, Ursus to be spared. After it turns out that the queen is none other than the power-hungry Attea, he has to fight a sacred bull in the arena next to Doreide.

Ursus can kill the bull; Doreide gets her eyesight back. The reign of the queen is over: the people rise up against her and the priests.

criticism

There was little enthusiasm among the critics: “A horror fairy tale, surrounded by exaggerated pathos” ( Lexicon of the international film ), also that the main actor, unlike Steve “Hercules” Reeves, is at least “able to change facial expressions, can the film not save ” (dictionary of fantasy films); “A nonsensical script, extravagant equipment, and, like in a drug intoxication, sudden events. The direction of the veteran Campogalliani is only banal and without style; Despite the occasional soft tones and good ideas, it feels like a walk in a petrified forest, ” wrote Bertrand Tavernier .

synchronization

Ed Fury: Eckart Dux
Moira Orfei: Bettina Schön
Luis Prendes: Klaus Miedel
María Luisa Merlo: Sabine Eggerth
Rafael Luis Calvo: Arnold Marquis
Mario Scaccia: Siegfried Schürenberg
Soledad Miranda: Marianne Lutz
Roberto Camardiel: Benno Hoffmann

Web links

Ursus - Avenger of the slaves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Film frames

Individual evidence

↑ Ursus - Avenger of the Slaves. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , p. 543.
↑ Cinéma 61, No. 58. Paris, July 1961.

[1] Ursus - Avenger of the Slaves. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , p. 543.

[3] Cinéma 61, No. 58. Paris, July 1961.