
This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.... (Full plot summary below)
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This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.
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| DVDLaserDouglas PrattRobert Flaherty joined forces with Zoltan Korda to produce the terrific adventure film, based upon a Rudyard Kipling tale. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewFiction and documentary footage rub shoulders uneasily, but the latter (shot by Flaherty in India) is vividly watchable. |
| Monthly Film BulletinMFB CriticsThose who know Flaherty's previous work will not be disappointed in his work in this film and the film must be seen for it in spite of the additions and contortions. |
| New York TimesFrank S. NugentThe film moves leisurely, but with rare charm and visual interest. |
| User ReviewJonathan SUnbelievable Beautiful Film about the Elephant Hunt India with beautiful Pictures of the Indian Nature and of Hunreds of Elephants, Indian Culture, Tragic & Humour and a Bombastic Soundtrack |
| User ReviewMichael SA highly entertaining if somewhat dated film from the late 30's, it marks the film debut of Sabu who would later go on to play in some fantastic films like The Thief of Bagdad. The film is pretty straight forward, but it's a heartwarming story with solid acting and beautiful cinematography. |
| User ReviewAdam SKorda production with Zoltan handling the studio/location work with jungle imagery by Robert Flaherty interspersed. It's an interesting mix, especially the hordes of elephants Flaherty photographs, and 11-year-old Sabu, in his first movie, is charming and effective as the mascot of the colonialist hunting story. |
| User ReviewByron BThis is a super movie with the biggest elephant you have ever seen. Just incredible stuff here. |
| User ReviewJacob FSurprisingly entertaining, oddly constructed (Flaherty's b-roll steals the show), slightly less condescending and troubling, old fashioned adventure story. |
| User ReviewGregory Wsabu shines in this adaption of kipling's tale. |