| Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi | |
|---|---|
| Genre | adventure |
| Created by | Günter Gräwert |
| Starring | Karl Michael Vogler Heinz Schubert Lina Carstens |
| Composer(s) | Martin Böttcher |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Language(s) | German |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Max Gierke |
| Camera setup | Horst Schier Michael Thiele |
| Running time | 30 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ZDF |
| Original run | October 1, 1973 – April 7, 1975 |
Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi is a German television series broadcast from 1973 through 1975. It featured an adventurer probably inspired by British explorers Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890)[1] and T. E. Lawrence. The scripts were faithful to Karl May's novels and the score is from Martin Böttcher previously had composed the music for the very successful Karl May films.
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Kara Ben Nemsi Karl Michael Vogler has traveled the Wild West as Old Shatterhand and is now about to explore the Near East. For his traditional German first name Karl is difficult to pronounce for many non-Germans, his oriental sidekick Hadschi Halef Omar prefers to call him "Kara".
Kara Ben Nemsi is actually a superman. He can knock out everybody by just one strike to the temples, rides as well as Frank Hopkins and is that excellent as a marksman that he could work in Wild West Shows.
Hadschi Halef Omar (played by Heinz Schubert, best known from the German version of the British television series Till Death Us Do Part) is the hero's scout and his teacher when it comes to oriental conventions. He always shows solidarity although the very self-confident Kara Ben Nemsi is always prone to take risks.
The series was filmed in Spain. The director enganged many popular guest stars, including Ferdy Mayne, Heinz Baumann, Dieter Hallervorden and Willy Semmelrogge.
The complete series was released on DVD in 2006/2007.
Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database