Die Maske des Fu-Manchu

Originaltitel: The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932
G
1 Std. 9 Min.

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Boris Karloff in Die Maske des Fu-Manchu (1932)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuEnglishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.

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Boris Karloff

Dr. Fu Manchu

Lewis Stone

Nayland Smith

Karen Morley

Sheila Barton

Charles Starrett

Terrence Granville

Myrna Loy

Fah Lo See

Jean Hersholt

Von Berg

Lawrence Grant

Sir Lionel Barton

David Torrence

McLeod

Everett Brown

Slave
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Steve Clemente

Knife Thrower
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Willie Fung

Ship's Steward
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Ferdinand Gottschalk

British Museum Official
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Allen Jung

Coolie
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Tetsu Komai

Swordsman
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James B. Leong

Guest
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Oswald Marshall

Undetermined Role
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Chris-Pin Martin

Potentate
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Lal Chand Mehra

Indian Prince
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Wissenswertes
Boris Karloff actually wore a Chinese woman's wedding dress as costume.

Patzer
Fu tortures Barton to obtain the whereabouts of Genghis Khan's mask and scimitar. Later on Fu is shown to have a serum that brainwashes people, so the torture of Barton was needless.

Zitate
Fu Manchu: [Pointing to blonde female captive] Would you have maidens like this for your wives?
Horde of Asians: Yeah!
[Roars in approval, some waving swords]
Fu Manchu: Then conquer and breed! Kill the white man and take his women!

Alternative Versionen
In the 1970's, "Mask of Fu Manchu" was cut slightly (by about 2 minutes), removing references deemed particularly offensive to the Asian-American community (including several racial remarks and an extended version of the famous whipping scene). It is actually this cut version which MGM/UA released in the early 1990's on videotape, although the deleted segments were restored for the print of "Mask of Fu Manchu" used for the later laserdisc release "MGM Horror Classics," and the more recent DVD release.

Verbindungen
Edited into Mondo Lugosi - A Vampire's Scrapbook (1987)

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8/10

Sounds Corny, But Is Very Effective

This was a bit different with Boris Karloff playing an Asian "bad guy." He plays "Fu Manchu," and man who sets out to get Genghis Khan's mask and sword which supposedly will give him the power to rule over millions of people.

Despite the classic film casting of white people to play Asians, I found Karloff to be "cool" looking as was his evil daughter, a young Myrna Loy. I like Karen Morely, usually, but not in here where she plays an almost-hysterical daughter of one of the good guys.

"Fu Manchu" shows some of his unique methods of torture, nothing graphic, thankfully - not like today's blood and guts.

Some of this is amateurishly-done but overall it still a legitimate amount of real horror and terror and the cast certainly is entertaining. ("Andy Hardy" star Lewis Stone also is in here along with Jean Hersholt and Charles Starret.)

Summary: a decent and almost-mystical adventure story that doesn't overstay its welcome, either, at a tidy 68 minutes. Pretty good stuff.