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Capitaine Sindbad

Original title: Captain Sindbad
  • 1963
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.1K
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Heidi Brühl and Guy Williams in Capitaine Sindbad (1963)
ActionAdventureFamilyFantasy

To marry Princess Jana, Captain Sindbad must battle deadly obstacles and fight El Kerim, the evil ruler who also wants to marry the princess.To marry Princess Jana, Captain Sindbad must battle deadly obstacles and fight El Kerim, the evil ruler who also wants to marry the princess.To marry Princess Jana, Captain Sindbad must battle deadly obstacles and fight El Kerim, the evil ruler who also wants to marry the princess.

  • Director
    • Byron Haskin
  • Writers
    • Ian McLellan Hunter
    • Guy Endore
  • Stars
    • Guy Williams
    • Heidi Brühl
    • Pedro Armendáriz
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Byron Haskin
    • Writers
      • Ian McLellan Hunter
      • Guy Endore
    • Stars
      • Guy Williams
      • Heidi Brühl
      • Pedro Armendáriz
    • 21User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Guy Williams
    Guy Williams
    • Captain Sindbad
    Heidi Brühl
    Heidi Brühl
    • Princess Jana
    Pedro Armendáriz
    Pedro Armendáriz
    • El Kerim
    • (as Pedro Armendariz)
    Abraham Sofaer
    Abraham Sofaer
    • Galgo
    Bernie Hamilton
    Bernie Hamilton
    • Quinius
    Helmuth Schneider
    Helmuth Schneider
    • Bendar
    Margaret Jahnen
    Margaret Jahnen
    • Lady-in-Waiting
    Rolf Wanka
    Rolf Wanka
    • The King
    Walter Barnes
    Walter Barnes
    • Rolf
    James Dobson
    James Dobson
    • Iffritch
    Maurice Marsac
    Maurice Marsac
    • Ahmed
    Henry Brandon
    Henry Brandon
    • Col. Kabar
    John Crawford
    John Crawford
    • Aram
    Geoffrey Toone
    Geoffrey Toone
    • Mohar
    Lawrence Montaigne
    Lawrence Montaigne
    • Jafar
    Guy Doleman
    Guy Doleman
    Charles Fawcett
    Peter Brace
    Peter Brace
    • Director
      • Byron Haskin
    • Writers
      • Ian McLellan Hunter
      • Guy Endore
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    7tome_m

    Good Acting, good plot, lousy effects

    For what it is worth, the Arabic is best transliterated as As-Sindibaad Al-Bahri, therefore Sindibad or Sindbad not Sinbad, so the name of the main character in this film is MORE accurate then the other "Sinbad" movies not less. The classic translation of the Arabian Nights remains that of Sir Richard F. Burton, who uses Sindibad. The primary problem with Captain Sindbad is that the special effects are awful even for the time that it was made. The acting is, overall, good. Guy Williams is a better actor then most of the other Sinbads and is a much better swordsman. (He actually could fence, not up to Basil Rathbone, who was superb, but much better then the average.) The plot is much better then usual and certainly as good as that of The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. It would be interesting to see this film with new effects sequences inserted over the originals.
    6ptb-8

    Zorro flies undone

    The reviews/comments listed here are hilarious, especially the one from Karadhe Kahn. Really hilarious. I laughed in genuine appreciation. I just posted a review for THE MAGIC SWORD and could not resist coming here either. I saw CAPTAIN SINDBAD in first release and was completely enchanted as an 8 year old. Some things were unforgettable: the big thumping fist in a glove, the princess becoming a bird, and the 'jelly' heart in a box, pulsating away. We all screamed in 1963 at the lovely Metro Cinema Bondi Junction Australia. I saw it again in the 70s as an adult and was flabbergasted at how easily I could see the strings on everything and how bargain counter all the costumes were. Until tonight I didn't realize the spelling was different to SINBAD either. Jeez 42 years later I still find out weird things about this very enjoyable film. Watch it with kids and have a great time. Yes it is sort of crummy, but the color and the scary fantasy works well and the circus sideshow like faces are great. especially in a turban. Yes, it is the Zorro actor Guy Williams later to be LOST IN SPACE.
    5bkoganbing

    Sindbad's Greatest Challenge

    After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d'etat has occurred and his home city is being run by a brutal dictator played by Pedro Armendariz. He's got designs on the beautiful young princess, Heidi Bruhl both lustful and political.

    Captain Sindbad which appears to be a joint German-American production stars Guy Williams who if he had come along a decade earlier might well have inherited the mantle of Errol Flynn. He certainly was a dashing Zorro for Walt Disney television.

    Williams's greatest challenge was keeping a straight face through a lot of very hokey dialog which he does admirably. Armendariz is invincible, we see proof of that when Williams runs a scimitar through him and he doesn't flinch. Finding out the secret of Armendariz's invincibility and rescuing his princess from a fate worse than death is the sum and substance of the film.

    I remember seeing this in the theater when it first came out and liked it. I still like it somewhat, but I certainly was a lot younger in 1963.

    The special effects are good, not DeMille or Harryhausen quality, but still good. I fear though that the hokeyness of the script will probably limit Captain Sindbad to the juvenile trade.
    pmsusana

    Loads of fun for Sinbad and fantasy fans

    Through many viewings I've enjoyed this Sin(d)bad film much more than any in the better-known Columbia/Harryhausen series, which I thought had great monsters but dull stories and heroes. This one has it all: gorgeous color photography, interesting plot and characters, and unusual monsters (including an invisible (!) dragon. The late Guy Williams is fine as Sinbad, and more mature and dignified than any in the Columbia films. And Pedro Armendariz, in one of his last roles before his untimely cancer-related death, is simply wonderful as the villain, El Karim. This film (produced by the same folks who gave us "Gorgo") is aimed at young audiences, but I've watched it with viewers of varying age, and never run across anyone who wasn't delighted with it.
    8curtis-8

    Great fun, full of action, fantastically imaginative effects

    People who complain about the special effects in this 1963 adventure flick just don't understand how different the state of film fx was 45 years ago. I suspect that they're all too young to know much of anything. Back in the day, it wasn't the quality of your CG artists that counted. It was "how do I find simple photographic tricks that tickle the imagination, still tell the story and are fun"? This movie is full of well done yet low budget effects that beat all hell out of all the crappy, cookie cutter CG stuff out there today. Tell me you didn't smile when the magician's arm grew out about two miles long. Go on, tell me. And if you're answer is "I didn't" then why are you even watching this movie? Go somewhere and crow about how great the effects in that snorefest remake of King Kong was and leave the fun to the rest of us. I mean, really--so it's not Harryhausen. Get over it. It's still great fun.

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    • Trivia
      Pedro Armendáriz committed suicide one day before the film's American premiere.
    • Goofs
      The parrot seen in the palace during the spider dance sequence is a South American species. South America and the rest of the New World would not have been known to the people living during the Abbasid Caliphate for at least 300 or more years.
    • Quotes

      Galgo: There are three men before whom a woman need have no shame: her husband, her doctor and her magician.

    • Connections
      Edited into Tueurs nés (1994)

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1963 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • West Germany
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Captain Sindbad
    • Filming locations
      • Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany(Studio)
    • Production company
      • King Brothers Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,450,000
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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