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The Return of Sandokan
Sandokan - O Regresso (Portugal)
Le Retour de Sandokan (France)
Die Rückkehr des Sandokan (Germany)
Powrót Sandokana (Poland)
Sandokan visszatér (Hungary)
Intoarcerea lui Sandokan (Romania)
Sandokanov návrat (Slovakia)
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Il trionfo di Sandokan (working title) |
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TV-mini-series |
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adventure |
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360m - 4 episodes of 90 minutes (original broadcast)
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? Italy - October 6, 1996 on TV channel Canale 5 (version: 4 episodes)
? Germany - April 11, 1998 on TV channel SAT 1 (version: 4 episodes)
? Poland - March 3, 1999 on TV channel Super 1 (version: 4 episodes)
? Hungary - May 5, 1999 (version: 4 episodes) |
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| PRODUCTION |
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Italy, Germany |
| production |
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Titanus SpA/Mediaset (Italy), Taurus Film/SAT 1 (Germany) |
| executive producer |
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Anselmo Parrinello, Guido Lombardo (producer) |
| screenplay |
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Adriano Bolzoni, George Eastman (as Luigi Montefiori) |
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MUSIC: Guido De Angelis, Maurizio De Angelis |
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Giancarlo Ferrando |
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Adriana Berselli
Sonoo Mishra (assistant costume designer, India) |
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Maurizio Nardi |
| casting |
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Cornelia von Braun (casting: Germany) |
| distribution |
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Vellavision (Spain), SAT 1 (Germany) |
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Mysore, Southern India
Madras, India |
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Enzo G. Castellari |
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| CAST |
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Mandala Tayde (Lady Dora Parker)
Mathieu Carrière (Raska, Raja of Limpur)
Romina Power (Maharani Surama of Assam)
Fabio Testi (Yanez De Gomera)
Tobias Hoesl (James Guilford)
Randi Ingerman (Yamira, Raska's lover)
Vittoria Belvedere (Baba, Yogi Azim's daughter)
Lorenzo Crespi (André De Gomera, Yanez' son)
Friedrich von Thun (Lord Parker, Dora's father)
Franco Nero (Yogi Azim)
Sergio Nicolai (Lord Burton)
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| KABIR BEDI DETAILS |
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| Kabir's part |
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Kabir plays again the lead role of 'Sandokan, the Tiger of Malaysia'. |
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=== MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED ===
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Kabir rides Marwari-horses in the Sandokan mini-series which was filmed on location in India.
In Il Ritorno di Sandokan this is almost the only kind of horse you will see.
Marwaris are an ancient Indian type of walking horses, which used to be bred for their courage in battle but nowadays are quite rare.
There are no Marwaris in Europe because they cannot be exported from India. However, 10 Marwari horses were exported to the US.
Marwaris have a peculiar lateral gait which is typical of the breed.
This means, saddled they will often walk in a cadence of four but also in a walk or pass rhythm, depending upon their temperament.
This Indian horse is easily recognised from the unusual position of its ears (see picture above), which is clearly visible in many of the scenes from Il Ritorno di Sandokan.
They are comfortable even for non-riding experts like film stars.
Unfortunately, Kabir is slightly too tall to be riding this breed.
The rather high stirrups you see in the movie cannot have been too comfortable for him.
However, many of the Sandokan riding scenes were shot using the Italian double/stuntman Claudio Pacifico, so not every Sandokan is the real thing!
But since Claudio Pacifico is about the same size as Kabir - being his double - he won't have been much more comfortable either...
In Kabir's first Sandokan film (1976) there are no Marwari horses.
Stars like John Wayne, William Shatner, Ophrah Winfrey, Bruce Willis and Juliane Werding also worked with walking horses.
(Many, many thanks to Carolin Klaus in Germany.
Carolin is a walking horse expert and Executive Director of the European Tennessee Walking Horse Association.
There are about 400 Tennessee Walker horses in Europe, a north American walking horse breed.
For further information: ETWHA Germany) |
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? Lorenzo Crespi biography/pictures
? Randi Ingerman official homepage
? Esplosiva Randi picture gallery & video |
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2-DVD-Set Sandokan - O Regresso (Portugal)
audio format: Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD area code: 2
4 episodes
original-version
digitally remastered
Portuguese subtitles
distr.: Prisvideo, SA
prod.: Taurus Film / Titanus / Rai Trade |
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| INFORMATION - QUICK BITS |
| ? The TV-mini-series Il Ritorno di Sandokan was the biggest European TV production of 1996. |
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| INFORMATION - PEOPLE |
? Guido Lombardo, the producer of Il Ritorno di Sandokan, is the son of the producer of Kabir?s first Sandokan film SANDOKAN.THE TIGER OF MALAYSIA (1976).
? popular Italian singer Al Bano visited his wife Romina Power for 10 days on set in Mysore, India, and used a break in the shooting to film a video clip with her on a local market.
? Mandala Tayde was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1975. She has an Indian mother and a German father.
? Lorenzo Crespi is a Sicilian. Born in 1971, his sign is Leo.
? Lorenzo Crespi was a successful model in Milan, working amongst others for Armani. His pictures appeared in Vogue magazine.
? Lorenzo Crespi appeared in the 1998 calendar of Max magazine as one of the "most beautiful men in the world".
? Lorenzo Crespi?s favourite sports are boxing and American football.
? Randi Ingerman was born in the US in 1967 but has been living in Italy for many years, where she enjoys great popularity. She has worked as a model in many countries and often appears in Italian TV productions.
? Randi Ingerman has worked with Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson and Pamela Anderson.
? Randi Ingerman was very thin as a child ? by her own admission ? and wore a kind of Afro haircut, like Michael Jackson.
? Randi Ingerman?s favourite dish is Mousse au Chocolat.
? Writer, actor, director and producer Luigi Montefiori was born 1942 near Genoa and often uses the pseudonym 'George Estman', among other names.
? Luigi Montefiori is one of the writers of Marco Bonini's I Guardiani del cielo (1998). The 2-part TV movie, an adventure story, set in the desert, premiered on October 1, 2000 on German television. Kabir-/Sandokan fans know Marco Bonini as Ken Hastings, Kabir's SON OF SANDOKAN/IL FIGLIO DI SANDOKAN (1998).
? Luigi Montefiori is also one of the writers of another Tv epic: Enzo G. Castellari's Deserto di fuoco (1997) - starring Mandala Tayde and Anthony Delon (Alain Delon's son).
? Luigi Montefiori is also one of the writers of Kabir's TV mini series IL PRINCIPE DEL DESERTO (1989) and its screen/video version BEYOND JUSTICE (1991).
? Luigi Montefiori is also one of the writers of Kabir's TV mini series THE MAHARAJA'S DAUGHTER (1994).
? Luigi Montefiori wrote the script for Kabir's SANDOKAN movie IL FIGLIO DI SANDOKAN (1998), together with three other writers. |
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