Ashanti (1979)
Ashanti (1979)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Caine
Dr. David Linderby
Peter Ustinov
Suleiman
Kabir Bedi
Malik
Omar Sharif
Prince Hassan
Beverly Johnson
Dr. Anansa Linderby
Rex Harrison
Brian Walker
William Holden
Jim Sandell
Zia Mohyeddin
Djamil
Winston Ntshona
Ansok
Tariq Yunus
Faid
Tyrone Jackson
Dongaro
Akosua Busia
The Senoufo Girl
Jean-Luc Bideau
Marcel
Olu Jacobs
Commissioner Batak
Johnny Sekka
Captain Bradford
Marne Maitland
Touareg Chief
Eric Pohlmann
Zeda El-Kabir
Harry Araten
Slave Dealer
Jacques Cohen
German at Slave Market
Jay Koller
Buyer at Slave Market
Ori Levy
Hotel Attendant
Richard Fleischer
Director
Stephen Geller
Screenplay
Alberto Vázquez Figueroa
Novel
Mario Chiari
Production Design
Aldo Tonti
Director of Photography
Paolo Borselli
Hairdresser
Aurelio Crugnola
Production Design
John C. Vuille
Associate Producer
Georges-Alain Vuille
Producer
Kuli Sander
Production Design
Aldo Gasparri
Special Effects
Michael Melvoin
Original Music Composer
Ernest Walter
Editor
Maude Spector
Casting
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Tony Lloyd
Makeup Artist
Mario Van Riel
Makeup Artist
Luciano Sacripanti
Executive In Charge Of Production
Orazio Tassara
Production Supervisor
Paolo Lucidi
Unit Manager
Mauro Sacripanti
Assistant Production Manager
Tony Brandt
First Assistant Director
Alan Elledge
Second Assistant Director
Maria Teresa Barbasso
Assistant Art Director
David Hildyard
Sound Mixer
Colin Miller
Sound Editor
Tommy Staples
Boom Operator
Rowland Fowles
Boom Operator
John Hayward
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brian Simmons
Sound Mixer
Sergio Testori
Stunt Coordinator
Paul Weston
Stunts / Stunt Coordinator
Bruno Angeletti
Gaffer
Luigi Ietto
Key Grip
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Giorgio Tonti
Camera Operator
Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca
Wardrobe Supervisor
Noel Rogers
Assistant Editor
Yisrael Ringel
Location Coordinator
Danny ben Menahem
Location Manager
Danny Perlman
Location Manager
Maria Luisa Rosen
Continuity
Sergio Bologna
Accountant
Luciana De Pita
Production Accountant
Sharon Lindstrom
Production Assistant
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 21, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsKenya
Genres
Wiki.
Ashanti (also called Ashanti, Land of No Mercy) is a 1979 action adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Beverly Johnson, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, and William Holden. It is based on the 1974 novel Ébano by Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa, with a screenplay written by Stephen Geller and an uncredited George MacDonald Fraser. The story is set against the background of modern-day slave trading, with a man who determinedly takes on a perilous journey in order to find his beautiful wife, who has been kidnapped by brutal slave traders.
Despite its impressive cast and setting (on location in the Sahara, and in Kenya, Israel, and Sicily), Ashanti was widely panned by critics upon release. Michael Caine was reportedly very disappointed with the project and claims it was the third worst film along with his previous films The Magus and The Swarm (despite appearing in other failures in the 1980s). It was one of Holden's final films, and the final film of cinematographer Aldo Tonti.