Der Stein des Todes
| Der Stein des Todes | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Franz Josef Gottlieb |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner |
| Written by |
Werner Hauff Heinz-Werner John |
| Starring |
Albert Fortell Heather Thomas Elke Sommer |
| Distributed by | Ring-Film-Verleih |
Release dates | 2 July 1987 |
Running time | 93 minutes (Germany) |
| Country |
Germany Sri Lanka |
| Language | German |
Der Stein des Todes is a 1987 German-Sri-Lankan action film director by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Albert Fortell, Heather Thomas, Elke Sommer and Brad Harris.[1] While in Sri Lanka attending the Esala Perahera festival, a man's girlfriend goes missing and is later found dead of a drug overdose. He then sets about going after the criminals who killed her.[2] It was also released as Perahera, Death Stone and Jungle Fire.
Cast
- Heather Thomas - Meryll Davis
- Elke Sommer - Kris Patterson
- Brad Harris - Brian
- Tony Kendall - Miguel Gomez
- Siegfried Rauch - Hemingway
- Albert Fortell - Kumar Cunningham
- Serge Falck - Frank
- Birte Berg - Jane Lindström
- Christian Anders - Fred
DVD Release
In 2011 this film was released on DVD. The disc contains a German version of this film and as addition an interview with Brad Harris in English. Brad Harris talks about this film as well as about his film career in general.
Background
Brad Harris also states in the aforementioned interview he had written parts of the screenplay and was responsible for the choreography of all fights. Among other things he also mentions the Italian actors had brought provisions from Italy with them and had advised the cooks in their hotels to fix them meals à la Italian cuisine.