''Kidnapped to Mystery Island'' (Italian: ''I misteri della giungla nera'', German: ''Das Geheimnis der Lederschlinge'' and The Snake Hunter Strangler) is a 1964 Italian-German

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by

Luigi Capuano Luigi Capuano (13 July 1904 – 20 October 1979) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, he directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971. Selected filmography * ''Vertigine d'amore'' (1949) * ''Flying Squadron (film), Flyin ...

and starring Guy Madison,

Ingeborg Schöner Ingeborg Schöner is a German film and television actress. Selected filmography * ''The Silent Angel'' (1954) * '' The Dark Star'' (1955) * '' The Captain and His Hero'' (1955) * '' The First Day of Spring'' (1956) * ''King in Shadow'' (1957) ...

and

Ivan Desny Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitskij; 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a Chinese-born actor of Russian descent. Early life Desny was born in Peking, China. Career Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted ...

. In West Germany it was released by Bavaria Film and in the United States by its parent company Columbia Pictures. It was based on a novel by the popular Italian writer Emilio Salgari.

Synopsis

In British India, the small daughter of a British officer is captured by a

cult In modern English, ''cult'' is usually a pejorative term for a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This ...

Cast

* Guy Madison as Souyadhana *

as Ada * Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Tremal Naik *

as Maciadi *

Giulia Rubini Giulia Rubini (born 2 June 1935) is an Italian actress. She appeared in 35 films between 1953 and 1968. She starred in the film '' The Window to Luna Park'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

as Gundali * Ferdinando Poggi as Kammamuri * Peter van Eyck as Captain McPherson * Aldo Bufi Landi as Sergeant Baratha *Romano Giomini as Windy *Aldo Cristiani

References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

* 1964 films West German films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s historical adventure films Films directed by Luigi Capuano Films based on the Indo-Malaysian cycle Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films set in the British Raj Columbia Pictures films Bavaria Film films Italian historical adventure films German historical adventure films 1960s Italian films 1960s German films Italian-language German films {{adventure-film-stub