Sandokan film catalogue

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Sandokan is a creation of writer Emilio Salgari, who wrote his first book about the freedom fighter Sandokan in British-occupied Malaysia as early as 1900. More

Sandokan is a creation of the Italian writer Emilio Salgari. He wrote a large number of popular books and stories about adventurers, set in India, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He also wrote westerns.

In 1900 he wrote his first book about Sandokan, the leader of the Tigers of Mompracem, who fought against the British and Dutch occupiers.

Films about Sandokan were already released in the 1960s, but the most popular portrayal of Sandokan came in the form of actor Kabir Bedi, who portrayed the freedom fighter in an impressive way in an international television production in 1976. The 6-part series was extremely popular with a new, younger generation and led to a sequel in 1977 and much later in 1996 to a much less successful sequel.

The great success of the Italian-German-English co-production led to the reissue of the books, comics, dolls, games, posters, a Panini sticker album and many other collectibles in the 1970s. The 45” single with the theme by Oliver Onions (Guido and Maurizio de Angelis) and the album became big hits and Kabir Bedi became an international star through the series.

Later, a cartoon series was made in Spain, aimed primarily at young children.

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Sandokan

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Sandokan (1975)