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The Tigers of Mompracem (1970)

The Tigers of Mompracem poster
Original title
Le tigri di Mompracem
Directed by
Mario Sequi
Genre
adventure film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
12
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Malayan pirate named Sandokan leads his crew against colonial forces. The film is based on a classic Italian adventure novel.

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What happens

The Tigers of Mompracem (Italian: Le tigri di Mompracem) is a 1970 Italian-Spanish historical adventure film directed by Mario Sequi and starring Ivan Rassimov, Claudia Gravy and Andrea Bosic. It is an adaptation of the 1900 novel of the same name by Emilio Salgari featuring his hero, the Malayan pirate Sandokan. The film's sets were designed by the art directors José Luis Galicia and Jaime Pérez Cubero. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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