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The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu
German theatrical release poster
Directed byJesús Franco
Screenplay by
Spanish dialogue by
  • Jaime Jesús Balcázar[3]
Based onFu Manchu
by Sax Rohmer
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyManuel Merino[2]
Edited byJohn Colville[2]
Music byCharles Camilleri
Malcomb Shelby
Production
companies
  • Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas
  • Terra-Filmkunst
  • Italian International Films
  • Towers of London (Films)[1][2]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 30 May 1969 (1969-05-30) (West Germany)
  • 24 September 1970 (1970-09-24) (Kingston, Jamaica)
  • December 1970 (1970-12) (UK)
  • 18 September 1972 (1972-09-18) (Barcelona)
Running time
92 minutes[4]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • West Germany
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • Liechtenstein[5]
LanguageEnglish

The Castle of Fu Manchu (German: Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, lit.'The Torture Chamber of Dr. Fu Manchu', Spanish: El castillo de Fu-Manchu), released in 1969, is the fifth and final Dr. Fu Manchu film with Christopher Lee portraying the title character. Directed by Jesús Franco, is an English-language co-production among various European countries including the UK, Spain,[6] and West Germany.[7]

The film is also known as Assignment Istanbul.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Die Folterkammer des Doktor Fu Manchu (1972)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Castillo de Fu-Manchu, El". iicaa Catalogo de Cinespanol. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. ^ "The Castle of Fu Manchu (A)". British Board of Film Classification. 11 September 1970. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ^ The Castle of Fu Manchu (booklet). Powerhouse Films. 2020. p. 12. PHILTD201.
  6. ^ Schlegel, Nicholas G. (11 June 2015). Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema: The Spanish Horror Film. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5116-8.
  7. ^ "El castillo de Fu-Manchú | Filmoteca de Catalunya". www.filmoteca.cat. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ^ Johnson, Tom; Miller, Mark A. (1 May 2016). The Christopher Lee Filmography: All Theatrical Releases, 1948-2003. McFarland. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-4766-0896-9.

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