Death Stone (German: Der Stein des Todes) is a 1987 German-Sri-Lankan action film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Albert Fortell [de], Heather Thomas, Elke Sommer, and Brad Harris.[1] It was also released as Perahera and Jungle Fire.

Death Stone
Directed byFranz Josef Gottlieb
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKlaus Werner
Edited by
Music byLuigi Ceccarelli
Production
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Distributed byRing-Film-Verleih
Release date
  • 2 July 1987 (1987-07-02)
Running time
93 minutes (Germany)
Countries
  • West Germany
  • Sri Lanka
LanguageGerman

Plot

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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]

Cast

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Home media

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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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 63
  2. ^ BFI.org

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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