The original movie poster

Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, also known as The Castle of Fu Manchu, is the fifth and final Fu Manchu film with Christopher Lee potraying the title character. The spy/adventure/crime film was filmed in Spain and Istanbul and released in West Germany in 1969. It was directed by Jesus Franco and also stars Richard Greene as Nayland Smith and Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie. This article is about the fictional literature character. ... Christopher Lee portrays Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London) is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility and film longevity. ... The spy film film genre deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way or as a basis for fantasy. ... Adventure film is a film genre containing elements of adventure. ... The beginning of the 20th century saw the arrival of film as a new medium. ... Satellite image of Istanbul and the Bosphorus Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul) is Turkeys largest city, and its cultural and economic center. ... // Events Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... Jesus (or Jess) Franco (born May 12, 1930 as Jesús Franco Manera) is a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. ... Richard Greene (25 August 1918 - 1 June 1985) was a noted British movie and television actor of Irish Catholic extraction, who was born in Plymouth, England. ... Sir Denis Nayland Smith is a fictional character, the adversary of the villainous Fu Manchu in the popular novels of Sax Rohmer. ... Howard Marion-Crawford (17 January 1914 – 24 November 1969) was a British character actor, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the 1954 television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. ...

In the film, Fu Manchu plots to freeze the world's oceans with a diabolical new device. With his evil daughter, Lin Tang, his army of ninjas, and the help of the local crime organization led by Omar Pashu (whom Manchu doublecrosses), Fu Manchu takes over the governor's castle in Istanbul which has a massive Opium reserve and to control the largest opium port in Anatolia, a fuel for the machine. He needs the help of an intelligent scientist with an ailing heart whom he has imprisoned. Opposing him from Britain's Interpol, is his arch-nemesis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie. Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ... Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. ... Interpol logo INTERPOL, more correctly the International Criminal Police Organization, was created in 1923 to assist international criminal police co-operation. ...

Trivia

The film was an episode on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Movie theater view, featuring the short film Hired!. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999), usually abbreviated MST3K, is a cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson featuring a man and his robot sidekicks who are trapped on a satellite in space and forced to watch particularly bad movies. ...

External links

• Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, Die at The Internet Movie Database