Summaries

A dark comedy about a half-wild creature from the African jungle, which has been identified as a heir of the noble family, set in Germany in the 1930s, shows that in certain circumstances, people behave worse than animals in the jungle.

The sensational celebrity of Circus Europe is so-called Tarzan (Rudolf Hrusínský) - half-monkey and half-human. One of the circus visitors, anthropologist Forejt Vlastimil Hasek, is intensely interested in the weird creature. He meets a young attractive woman named Regina Smith (Jana Stepánková), who introduces herself as Tarzan's fiancé. Tarzan, however, is in fact German Baron Wolfgang von Hoppe, whose father left for Africa with his wife and a very little Wolfgang in 1904. Soon afterwards, the news about their death arrived. The vast family property is now managed by nephew Heinrich (Martin Ruzek). After thirty years, Wolfgang was discovered as a wild forest savage living with apes. He was recognized and taken back to Europe.—NFA.cz

Details

Keywords
  • psychotronic film
  • literature on screen
  • central europe
  • european literature on screen
  • czech literature on screen
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • War
Release date Jan 31, 1963
Countries of origin Czechoslovakia
Language Czech
Filming locations Czech Republic
Production companies Filmové studio Barrandov

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 12m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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