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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 | |
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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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Country:
West GermanyLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 August 1979 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Roots of Evil See more »Filming Locations:
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Runtime:
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MonoColor:
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1.66 : 1
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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* ...
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Written by Christian Anders, Arranged by José Luis Navarro
Sung by Christian Anders
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Trivia
Van Bullock's car in the movie, a Rolls Royce, was in fact Christian Anders' own car and "M-HM 1634" his original license/number plate. The "M" stands for Munich, the town he was living at the time in Germany. See more »Goofs
WHen entering Bullock's room Frank accidentally breaks a vase with his arm. However in the next shot a much bigger and more colorful vase is standing on the same spot. 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* ...
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Alternate Versions
German Blu-ray features an extended version with approx. 14 minutes of additional footage. See more »Soundtracks
Dead MasterWritten by Christian Anders, Arranged by José Luis Navarro
Sung by Christian Anders
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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.