REVIEW: DAS TODESAUGE VON CEYLON / STORM OVER CEYLON. LEX BARKER HATES THE JUNGLE (1963)
Storm over Ceylon/Deadly Eye of Ceylon is one of the strange hybrid movies that tries to please every producer's intention: Originally an Italian project trying to emulate the success of the CCC remake of THE INDIAN TOMB, the Germans and French quickly stepped in after Barker had become part of the Krimiverse with his appearance in IM STAHLNETZ DES DR. MABUSE. Furthermore, Barker had just become immensely popular in Germany due to his first appearance in a Karl May movie as "Old Shatterhand". So the Germans stepped in with some serious money. The adventure element had to be pushed back in favour of a krimiplot. But visually and plotwise, this remains firmly in the adventure land of Far East mysteries. Due to an earthquake, the Maharadja and his testament are buried in the ruins of an underground temple. Every attempt to find the cave and the testament is sabotaged by a secret order called "The Red Eye," who sends warnings out to everybody who is working on...
