An action film directed by Christian Anders and Antonio Tarruella.
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Title: Roots of Evil (1979)
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Cast
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Christian Anders | ... | Frank Mertens |
| Maribel Martín | ... | Ingrid (as Maribel Martin) | |
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Dunja Rajter | ... | Cora Ramada |
| Deep Roy | ... | Van Bullock | |
| Fernando Bilbao | ... | Komo (as Fred Harris) | |
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Ria Kemp | ... | Guest Star |
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Wolfgang Schütte | ... | Thomas (as Wolfgang Schutte) |
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José María Guía | ... | O'Blonski (as Jose Ma. Guia) |
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Ichimi | ... | Takimura (as Ishimi) |
| Fernando Hilbeck | ... | 1st Inspector | |
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Carl Rapp | ... | 2nd Inspector |
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Robert Case | ... | 3rd Inspector (as Roberto Case) |
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Cris Huerta | ... | Sumo (as Chris Huertas) |
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Yasuhito Ishikawa | ... | Ting |
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Hideaki Gennai | ... | Cheng |
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An action film directed by Christian Anders and Antonio Tarruella.
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ROOTS OF EVIL: The Martial-Arts Film That Pulls All the Punches (US 1982 release) See more »Parents Guide:
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[runs out to confront Van Bullock and Komo in the open field]
Frank Mertens: Why did you kill my master!
Van Bullock: It's very clear. Before you die, I'll explain it to you. Before Takimura came to Spain, he lived in Tokyo. He was very good friends with the police. He made them put me in jail. But that time, I was already dealing in heroin. I spent *nine* years in jail! Thanks to that swine of Takimura, I spent *nine* years in jail! *Each* day, *each* one ...
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Written by Christian Anders, Arranged by José Luis Navarro
Sung by Christian Anders, with Madrid-Sound-Orchester
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In the English version it is said that Komo is castrated, whereas in the German one he is not. See more »Goofs
Earlier in the movie Frank explains that Karate should only be used as a defense technique, never as an attack. However during the entire movie there are several scenes where Frank beats up several people who didn't attack him at all, e.g. in Bullock's karate school. See more »Quotes
Frank Mertens: [calling out furiously from behind a bush] Here I am! I'm not afraid![runs out to confront Van Bullock and Komo in the open field]
Frank Mertens: Why did you kill my master!
Van Bullock: It's very clear. Before you die, I'll explain it to you. Before Takimura came to Spain, he lived in Tokyo. He was very good friends with the police. He made them put me in jail. But that time, I was already dealing in heroin. I spent *nine* years in jail! Thanks to that swine of Takimura, I spent *nine* years in jail! *Each* day, *each* one ...
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Alternate Versions
In the English version Komo is castrated, whereas in the German one he is not. See more »Connections
Referenced in Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten: Die Todesgöttin des Liebescamps (2018) See more »Soundtracks
Drugs And LoveWritten by Christian Anders, Arranged by José Luis Navarro
Sung by Christian Anders, with Madrid-Sound-Orchester
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Country:
West GermanyLanguage:
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16 August 1979 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Roots of Evil See more »Filming Locations:
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Christian Anders one of Germany's greatest singer/songwriters of melodious smooth pop ballads , here makes his directorial debut to superb effect.
Unlike previous ignorant tasteless comments from s.kahrs this movie delivers both action, mystery, romance and suspense to keep the viewer spellbound.
Anders always uses a professional quality approach to his singing , acting and directing he finds loud garbage rock/metal/punk/hip hop drugged up noisy "music" utterly repulsive and delivers high class pop music and film thrills for millions to enjoy.
A high quality intense thrilling film.