''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
Guy Madison (born Robert Ozell Moseley; January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hicko ...
,
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
Bavaria Film is a German film production and film distribution, distribution company. It is one of Europe's largest film production companies, with some 30 subsidiaries.
History
The studios were founded in 1919, when Munich-raised film produc ...
and in the United States by its parent company
Columbia Pictures
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. It was based on a novel by the popular Italian writer
Emilio Salgari
Emilio Salgari (, but often erroneously ; 21 August 1862 – 25 April 1911) was an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction
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.
Synopsis
In
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
, the small daughter of a British officer is captured by a
cult
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.
Cast
*
Guy Madison
Guy Madison (born Robert Ozell Moseley; January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hicko ...
as Souyadhana
*
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)
...
as Ada
*
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Giacomo Rossi Stuart (25 August 1925 – 20 October 1994) was an Italian film actor often credited as Jack Stuart or Giacomo Rossi-Stuart. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1953 and 1989.
Biography
Born in Todi to an Italian father ...
as Tremal Naik
*
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 ...
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
Ferdinando Poggi, often credited as Nando Poggi, was an Italian born actor active between 1958 and 1985. Best known for his role as Castor in the 1963 film '' Jason and the Argonauts'', he also acted in and was stunt coordinator for '' Clash of ...
as Kammamuri
*
Peter van Eyck as Captain McPherson
*
Aldo Bufi Landi
Aldo Bufi Landi (7 April 1923 – 2 February 2016) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1947 and 2013.
Selected filmography
* '' Malaspina'' (1947)
* '' Madunnella'' (1948)
* '' Assunta Spina'' (1948)
* ''L ...
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
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