''Island of the Amazons'' (german: Die Insel der Amazonen) is a 1960 West German

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directed by Otto Meyer and starring

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and

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.Bergfelder p.211 In the United States it was released with the

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of ''Seven Daring Girls''.

Cast

as Manuel *

as Liz *

as Murdok *

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as Colette * Beatrice Norden as Trixi * Kurt E. Ludwig as Muhazzin *

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as Leblanc *

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as * Dora Carras as Sonja *

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as Katrin * Brigitte Riedle *

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as Merci * Slavo Schweiger as Felipe

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1960 films 1960 adventure films German adventure films West German films 1960s German-language films Seafaring films Films set on islands Films set in the Mediterranean Sea Films about vacationing 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub