by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The Death of Tarzan is a Czechoslovakian black comedy which casts a jaundiced eye on the mythos of Edgar Rice Burrough's "Lord of the Apes." Orphaned in the wilds of Africa, a Czech baron (Rudolf Hrusinsky) grows up to be Tarzan. He is discovered by relatives and returned to Civilization -- if one can called the Nazi-dominated Europe of 1939 civilized. Unable to adapt to his new environment, the disgruntled Tarzan returns to the jungle, just in time for the Nazi invasion of Africa. Literally a man without a country, Tarzan sells his services to a travelling carnival as a freak attraction.
characteristics
- Fish Out Of Water
- Life Under Occupation
- Political Unrest
- Comedy On The Edge
- Man-without-a-country
- Lost
- Society
- Nazism
- Sideshow
- On-the-run
- Ritual
- Jungle
- Carnival
- Aristocrat
- Aristocracy
