When a villain named "Der Schut" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules, heroic Kara Ben Nemsi and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him.
Production
Yugoslavia standing in for Albania is gloriously unconvincing.
Acting
Lex Barker treats this like Shakespeare; everyone else knows exactly what this is.
Director
Robert Siodmak
Lex Barker
Kara Ben Nemsi
Marie Versini
Tschita
Ralf Wolter
Hadschi Halef Omar
Rik Battaglia
The Schut Nirwan
Dieter Borsche
Sir David Lindsay
Chris Howland
Archibald
Marianne Hold
Annette Galingré
Maria Grazia Francia
The Schut's Woman
Friedrich von Ledebur
Mübarek
Renato Baldini
Barud
Eva Ras
Nikola Popović
Jovan Janićijević 'Burduš'
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the second of seven Karl May adaptations starring Lex Barker, all shot in Yugoslavia because production costs were cheaper than actual location shooting.
Karl May's novels—written by a German who never visited the places he described—shaped generations of German fantasies about the American West and 'Orient.' This film is that delusion in Technicolor.
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