The Call of the Jungle

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The Call of the Jungle
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Directed by Harry Piel
Written byGeorg Mühlen-Schulte
Based onDie Buschhexe by Georg Mühlen-Schulte
Produced byHarry Piel
Starring Harry Piel
Paul Henckels
Ursula Grabley
Gerda Maurus
Cinematography Georg Bruckbauer
Hans Karl Gottschalk
Károly Vass
Edited by Hildegard Grebner
Music by Fritz Wenneis
Production
company
Ariel-Film
Distributed by Tobis Film
Release date
16 January 1936
Running time
105 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

The Call of the Jungle (German: Der Dschungel ruft) is a 1936 German adventure film directed by and starring Harry Piel and also featuring Paul Henckels, Ursula Grabley and Gerda Maurus. [1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Karl Vollbrecht, Erich Grave and Artur Günther. Location shooting took place on Rügen in the Baltic Sea. It was based on a 1930 novel by Georg Mühlen-Schulte and features a hero in the style of Tarzan. The film premiered at the UFA-Palast am Zoo.

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The wealthy American Dina Morris and her friends are travelling on a yacht on the Indian Ocean and land and head into the jungle where the encounter Bobby Roeder who lives there in harmony with the animals and the locals. He is attracted to Dana, despite his friendship with Rose, the daughter of a butterfly researcher who lives in the vicinity. Things her out of hand when William Edwards, a member of Dina's party begins shooting animals sacred to the locals.

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  1. Reimer & Reimer p.227

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