On his adventurous travels trough the Ottoman empire, Kara ben-Nemsi (the Turkish-Arabic name means ‘black(bearded) German’, so author Karl May, whose alter-ego he is, would consider shaved blond Lex Barker miscast) and his bragging but helpless ‘protector’ hajji Halef pass the land of the Skipetars (modern Albanians, one of the few Balkanic people who adopted the Turkish Muslim faith) where a whole region is terrorized by the many accomplices of the secretive ‘Schut’, one of whose rackets is kidnapping for ransom locals and especially wealthy travelers such as Kara’s friend Omar’s fiancée. After unmasking the mübarek, a local phony ‘magician’, and dealing with some other ruffians and corruption, he and Lord Lindsay -who for once succeeds in escaping with his butler Archie by his own ruse- find out the Shut is actually the wealthy Persian carpet merchant Nirwan and set out to finish him off. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 5.9/10 | |
Released: | August 20, 1964 | |
Runtime: | 118 min | |
Genres: | Adventure | |
Companies: | Hoche Productions Central Cinema Company Film Serena Avala Film Critérion Film Regina-Film | |
Cast: | Lex Barker Rik Battaglia Ralf Wolter Marie Versini | |
Crew: | Georg Marischka Robert Siodmak Karl May | |
Sora : Best of the franchise. Lauren German was a great lead.