''Death Stone'' (german: Der Stein des Todes) is a 1987

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- Sri-Lankan

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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. It was also released as ''Perahera'' and ''Jungle Fire''.

Plot

While in Sri Lanka attending the

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festival, a man's girlfriend goes missing and is later found dead of a drug overdose. He then sets about going after the criminals who killed her.BFI.org
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Cast

Home media

In 2011 this film was released on DVD. The disc contains a German version of this film and as addition an interview with Brad Harris in English. Brad Harris talks about this film as well as about his film career in general.

Background

Brad Harris also states in the aforementioned interview he had written parts of the screenplay and was responsible for the choreography of all fights. Among other things he also mentions the Italian actors had brought provisions from

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with them and had advised the cooks in their hotels to fix them meals à la

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References

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External links

* * 1987 films 1980s adventure drama films German adventure drama films West German films Sri Lankan adventure films 1980s German-language films Films set in Sri Lanka Films directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb 1987 drama films 1980s German films {{1980s-action-film-stub