Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book DVD 1942 A dzsungel könyve / Directed by Zoltan Korda / Starring: Sabu, Patricia O'Rourke, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia, Rosemary DeCamp / Maugli, a vadon fia / Kipling klasszikus regénye alapján

UPC 5999546330458

REGION 2 PAL DVD 2004

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 102 minutes

English Summary:

Jungle Book is a 1942 independent Technicolor action-adventure film by the Hungarian Korda brothers, based on a screenplay adaptation by Laurence Stallings of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, about a wild boy who is kidnapped by villagers who are cruel to animals as they attempt to steal a dead king's cursed treasure.

The film was directed by Zoltán Korda, produced by his brother Alexander and art directed by their younger brother Vincent. The cinematography was by Lee Garmes and W. Howard Greene and the music was by Miklós Rózsa. The film starred Sabu as Mowgli. Because of the war, the British Korda brothers had moved their film making to Hollywood in 1940, and Jungle Book is one of the films they made during that Hollywood period.

In an Indian village, Buldeo, an elderly storyteller, is paid by a visiting British memsahib to tell a story of his youth. He speaks of the animals of the jungle and of the ever-present threats to human life posed by the jungle itself. He then recalls his earlier life:

As a younger man he dreams that his village could one day become an important town and that the jungle could be conquered. However, when he is speaking about these dreams, an attack by Shere Khan, the tiger, leads to the death of a man and the loss of the man's child. The child is adopted by wolves in the jungle and grows to be the wild youth Mowgli. Years later, Mowgli is captured by the villagers and taken in by his mother Messua, though she does not recognize him as her lost child. He learns to speak and tries to imitate the ways of men, as well as becomes friendly with Buldeo's daughter, Mahala – much to Buldeo's distress, since he is convinced that the wild Mowgli is dangerous. When Mowgli and Mahala explore the jungle, they discover a hidden chamber in a ruined palace, containing fabulous wealth. Warned by an aged cobra that the wealth brings death, they leave, but Mahala takes one coin as a memento. When Buldeo sees the coin, he tries to force Mowgli to tell him where the treasure is, but Mowgli refuses. Buldeo resolves to follow Mowgli to the site of the treasure.

Hungarian Summary:

A dzsungel könyve (eredeti cím: Jungle Book) 1942-ben bemutatott amerikai film, amely Rudyard Kipling azonos című műve alapján készült időtálló mesefilm. Az élőszereplő játékfilm rendezője Korda Zoltán és a producere a testvér, Korda Sándor volt. A forgatókönyvet Laurence Stallings írta, a zenéjét Rózsa Miklós szerezte.

Színpompás dzsungel-szimfónia egzotikus helyszínekkel, óriási állatsereglettel, izgalmas kalandokkal. Rudyard Kipling nyomán remek film készült a farkasbarlangban talált emberkölyökről. Maugli, a "meztelen béka" és nevelőszülei, Farkas apó, Farkas anyó, valamint barátai: Balu, az álmos öreg medve, aki a Dzsungel Törvényére tanítgatja, Bagira, a fekete párduc, a fekete suhanó árnyék, a dzsungel mélyének félelmetes lakói: Sir Khán, a Nagy, a sziszegő Ká, mind népszerűek és ismertek az egész világon, úgy a gyermekek körében, mint a felnőttek világában. A Dzsungel Törvénye, amelynek egyetlen parancsa sem ok nélkül való, minden vadállatnak megtiltja, hogy embert egyék.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Sabu as Mowgli
• Joseph Calleia as Buldeo
• John Qualen as The Barber
• Frank Puglia as The Pundit
• Rosemary DeCamp as Messua
• Patricia O'Rourke as Mahala
• Ralph Byrd as Durgaived
• Faith Brook as English girl
• Noble Johnson as Sikh