She (1965)
DVDRip | MKV | 720x336 | XviD @ 1799 Kbps | 105 min | 1,42 Gb
Audio: English MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English, Español, Português
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
DVDRip | MKV | 720x336 | XviD @ 1799 Kbps | 105 min | 1,42 Gb
Audio: English MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English, Español, Português
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Robert Day
Writers: David T. Chantler (screenplay), H. Rider Haggard (based on the famous novel by)
Stars: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins
After doing military service in the Middle East, British archaeologist Holly, his valet and his handsome young friend Leo are spotted in Palestine and approached by a mysterious oriental who identified Leo by his uncanny likeness to the portrait on an ancient coin. An adventurous search for the lost Pharaonic city of Kuma proceeds relying on a recently-acquired map. Their hasty mini-expedition reaches a hidden city where the Hellenistic age is still alive. It is ruled by the supernatural Ayesha, 'She who must be obeyed', who believes Leo is is the reincarnation of Callicrates, a companion of Alexander the Great, for whom she has waited many centuries. She offers him immortality and a share of the throne as her eternal love, but it goes tragically wrong…
H. Rider Haggard's "She" is a book that transcends its original intent. It's a great African adventure yarn, to be sure… but Haggard out-did his usual fare in this case, hitting a particularly resonant chord with his vivid archetypal image of the Eternal Female.
This particular film rendition similarly out-does the usual Hammer horror fare. The story is faithfully adapted from the book, with only the sort of changes that are inevitably needed to squeeze hundreds of pages of text onto less than two hours of celluloid. With no special effects or CGI to distract, Haggard's original plot remains the chief attraction, and what a great Saturday-afternoon adventure it is! Lost cities in Africa… a mysterious queen… the secret of immortality… these elements have been combined many times, but rarely any better than they are here.
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