Mutiny In The South Seas (1965)

1965 - Mutiny In The South Seas (Metheus Film/Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie [SNC]/Aragon Brothers [a possible Filipino company])

[A West German-Italian co-production shot in the Philippines, original title “Die Letzten Drei Der Albatros; also released in France as “Aventure à Manille” and “L’Aventure Vient de Manille”, in Italy as “La Morte Viene Da Manila” and in Greece as “Kolasmenoi Ton Notion Thalasson”]

Director Wolfgang Becker Writer Werner P. Zibaso Producer Wolf C. Hartwig Cinematography Rolf Kästel Music Francesco De Masi Editor Herbert Taschner Assistant Director Eberhard Schroeder Camera Operator Klaus Werner

Cast Joachim Hansen (Lieutenant Hannes Carstens), Gisella Arden [listed in Italian credits as “Kim Arden”] (Lieutenant Dany Wilkinson), Harald Juhnke (Kuddel Lehmann), Horst Niendorf (Walter Pitters), Alfredo Varelli [listed in the Italian credits as “Fred Warell”] (Witch Doctor Namu), Jacques Bézard (Chick), Philippe Guégan (Kaminsky), Eva “Montez”/Montes (Mona), Lucita “Sorriano”/Soriano, Lilly Oliveros, Frank Fielding, Horst Frank (Sven Broderson)

Cannibals - Legend Or Reality? (c.2005)

c.2005 - Cannibals - Legend Or Reality? (Diamonds International Film Production/La Perla Nera)

[Originally planned as four 60-minute TV episodes, partly shot in the Philippines in the mid-00s and edited into a feature film in 2009. Original Italian title “Cannibali – Leggenda O Realta’…” Released on US DVD as “The Real Cannibal Holocaust” and on Czech DVD as “Kanibalové - Legendy a Skutečnost”]

Technical Director “David Hunt”/Bruno Mattei Subject: Texts Bruno Mattei Screenplay: Anthropologist Pierluigi Tentori Producer Gianni Paolucci Cinematography “Richard Goldberg” Music Flipper/Beat Records Editor “Daniel Campello”/Daniele Campelli Advisor Daniele Di Stasiu Production Manager Ariel Castillo Sanchez

Synopsis (from the Diamonds International Film website):

The story of cannibalism starts from the very beginnings of humanity but to identify traces of cannibalism is the hardest job for any archaeologist. However important elements could be particularly revealing: engravings on bones made by cutting objects, breakages made with the goal of extracting nutritional elements such as spinal marrow, or burns that can reveal even rudimental cooking… Our report will continue using expert archaeologists and palaeontologists expertise, re-tracing Christopher Columbus’ famous journey to discover the Antilles islands, a place where the “Indios Caribi”? practised Anthropophagi. We will continue our trip through the South-American continent with the “tupi-guaranì” tribe, a people with a common language living along the Brazilian coast. Cannibalism could be caused by the alteration of the hormonal balance that determines the incapacity of the brain to control and to measure the emotions. The questions are various and open for such a complex and disquieting subject. Instincts and cannibalism fantasies are part of the deep structure of the human psychology; and just to add an ironic touch to our report we would like to suggest that all of us has a potential cannibal inside us. How many times have we said “You look good enough to eat!”? Or “I must have you for dinner!”?

Shudder On The Skin (2005)

2005 – Shudder On The Skin (La Perla Nera/Diamonds Film International)

[Italian title “Un Brivido Sulla Pelle”, also listed as “A Shudder On The Skin”]

Director “Pierre Le Blanc”/Bruno Mattei Story/Screenplay Anthony Trenton Producer “Gianni”/Giovanni Paolucci Cinematography Luigi Ciccarese Music Flipper Editor Daniele Campelli Scenography/Costumes Emanuela Rota

Cast Margherita Milan [listed on IMDB as “Margarita Milan”] (Arianna), Claudio Morales (Dr George Bennett), Yvette Yzon (Striptease dancer)

Synopsis from the Diamonds International Film website:

Dr George Bennet, an attractive middle-aged gentleman, finds himself in an Asian metropolis for a medical congress. Outside of his hotel, he takes a taxi and makes the unexpected but delightful acquaintance of the fascinating Arianna, a young lady driver with obviously Asian features. From this time onwards Arianna completely takes over George’s private life, involving him in an irresistible escalation of eroticism, making him crazy with desire, but without reaching the point of ever conceding her favours. In the days George is staying in that city, the shameless girl takes him into the streets of the most forbidden and unexpected oriental pleasures, introducing him to every possible sinful sensation. After leading George until the extreme limits of desire, finally Arianna decides to give herself to him but, on his awakening, George discovers the bitter truth. Hidden behind the furniture he finds a camera thanks to which Arianna has filmed innumerable erotic encounters, and now he too has become a part of her collection. George gives free vent to his disappointment and marches out, furious, leaving Arianna alone. The next day a good-looking man walks out of the same hotel from which George first made his appearance. He too calls a taxi and inside the taxi who does he find out ….

Orient Escape (2005)

2005 - Orient Escape (La Perla Nera/Diamonds Film International)

[Italian title “Fuga Orientale”]

Director “Pierre Le Blanc”/Bruno Mattei Story/Screenplay Anthony Trenton Producer “Gianni”/Giovanni Paolucci Cinematography Luigi Ciccarese Music Flipper Editor Daniele Campelli Scenography/Costumes Emanuela Rota

Cast Claudio Morales, Viktoria Steel, Eva Mackenzie, Jaime Queralt Llorca [listed on IMDB as “Jaume Queralt”] (Phil)

Synopsis from the Diamonds International Film website:

Mark and Lauren are a married couple crossing a very delicate moment of their life together, so trying to find gain the strong passion they had at the beginning of their relationship, they decide to have a romantic trip in Asia. Travelling they meet another couple, Phil and Sandra, becoming friends very soon.