''Tarzana, the Wild Girl'' ( it, Tarzana, sesso selvaggio) is a
1969
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Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Italian
adventure film written and directed by
Guido Malatesta
Guido Malatesta (1919 – 14 June 1970), born in Gallarate, Italy, was a film director and screenwriter.
He began working as a professional journalist. After he moved to Rome, he was drawn to cinema, as creator of treatments, then scriptwriter ...
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Plot
The granddaughter of Sir Donovan is believed dead with her mother, and father in a plane crash in the African jungle. Fifteen years later, vague reports arrive in Europe that a Kenyan tribe has elected a white woman as their queen, Tarzana (meaning 'strange woman' in Bantu), and Sir Donovan wants to believe she is his granddaughter.
Cast
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Femi Benussi as Tarzana/Elizabeth
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Ken Clark as Glen Shipper
* Franca Polesello as Doris
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Beryl Cunningham
Beryl Cunningham (8 August 1946 – 11 December 2020) was a Jamaican actress and model, mainly active in Italian cinema.
Life and career
Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the daughter of a university professor, after the high school graduation Cu ...
as Kamala
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Franco Ressel
Franco Ressel (8 February 1925 – 30 April 1985) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1961 and 1985. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''La cento chilometri'' (19 ...
as Groder
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Raf Baldassarre as Fred
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Andrea Aureli
Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in ...
References
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1969 adventure films
1969 films
Italian adventure films
Films directed by Guido Malatesta
Films set in Africa
Jungle girls
Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
1960s Italian-language films
1960s Italian films
See also
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Jungle girl
A jungle girl (so-called, but usually adult woman) is an archetype or stock character, often used in popular fiction, of a female adventurer, superhero or even a damsel in distress living in a jungle or rainforest setting. An alternate depiction i ...
- the general type of character
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