ANTINEA L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA' SEPOLTA (aka JOURNEY BENEATH THE DESERT ), 1961, is a fantasy movie directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Haya Harareet, Georges Riviere, Rad Fulton, Amedeo Nazzari, Giulia Rubini, Gabriele Tinti, Gian Maria Volonte. While flying in a helicopter over the mountain area of Hahggar on the eve of an atomic test, three geologists are forced to an emergency landing by a sudden storm. After taking refuge in a cave, they saved a Tuareg named Tamal (Nazzari) from drowning. Tamal promises to help them, but during the night he comes back with his fellow tribe men and the three were captured and led into a deep cave inside the mountain, where there is a mysterious palace. Here the three men become aware of what remains of the ancient ruins of Atlantis and they meet its queen, Antinea (Harareet). The queen is a cruel woman who, in vain hopes to meet ideal lover for eternity, slaughters and petrifies her unlucky suitors. The mythical kingdom of Atlantis, that sunk into the sea in the mists of time and later emerged from the sands of the desert, is now threatened with destruction by the impending nuclear power experiment. Realizing that the underground city is located in the area of the explosion, the three men are trying hard to convince the queen and, her right arm, Tamal, of the imminent danger. The pilot John (Riviere), who is guilty of attempted escape, is tortured, killed and melted into a golden statue. The engineer Robert (Fulton) is sentenced to work with the slaves in the mines. Pierre (Trintignant), who entered into the good graces of the queen, saves his own life but he can not leave the palace, and eventually is forced to kill Robert. After trying unsuccessfully to convince Antinea of the imminent danger that is going to upset the region, Pierre succeeds to elude the guards with the help of Tamal and he manages to escape with his young maidservant Zinah (Rubies). The film was shot at Cinecitta in the same period in which the Peplum raged occupying all the studios. The film had a troubled production.The first director Frank Borzage became seriously ill and died at the beginning of the filming. His successor was Edmond T. Greville, and finally the filming was completed by Edgar G. Ulmer (THE BLACK CAT , 1934, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, THE MAN FROM PLANET X, 1951, and BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER, 1960). Dazzling sets and costumes were inspired by those used by Jacques Feyder, director of L'ATLANTIDE, 1921 (Lost Atlantis). Carlo Rustichelli wrote an orchestral score with epic themes, mysterious, romantic and adventurous. This long CD (75:36) is made using every note contained in the mono master tapes of the original recording session and also include the music from the LP edited by the composer himself, that was never published.
トラックリスト
THE UNRELEASED ALBUM 01. TITOLI ANTINEA 1:52 02. PASSEGGIANDO IN GIARDINO 1:02 03. SCHERMAGLIE DI SENTIMENTI 3:42 04. GUERRESCO 0:56 05. INVOCAZIONE DEA E DANZA 2:17 06. SOGNANTI PENSIERI 4:00 07. CORTEO NOTABILI 1:53 08. ATTESA, MIRAGGIO E CALMA 2:53 09. INCONTRI D'AMORE 1:34 10. ANSIA, SOSPETTI, RIVELAZIONI 3:37 11. TORMENTO E DECISIONE 0:59 12. TEMPESTA 2:11 13. INGRESSO VESTALI 1:36 14. GRANDE CORTEO 2:13 15. PROFUMI NOTTURNI 1:55 16. PRIGIONIERI AL LAVORO 0:58 17. RIMEMBRANZA 1:55 18. ATMOSFERE 2:40 19. MEDITAZIONI LONTANE 2:08 20. REMINISCENZE 2:29 21. FINALE ANTINEA 2:38
BONUS TRACKS 22. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.1 3:33 23. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.2 1:05 24. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.3 3:23 25. INVOCAZIONE E DANZA (alt. take) 2:16 26. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.4 1:30 27. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.5 2:46 28. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.6 1:01 29. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.7 1:19 30. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.8 0:56 31. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.9 1:07 32. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.10 2:06 33. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.11 3:28 34. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.12 1:37 35. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.13 1:02 36. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.14 1:29
ピエール・ブノアの原作を「地中海の虎」のエドガー・Ｇ・ウルマーが監督したアクション・ドラマ。レコーディング・セッションのモノラル・マスターテープからの完全スコアとリリースされることのなかったＬＰアルバム用に作曲家自身が編集した楽曲も収録。全７６分収録。
トラックリスト鉱山技師ピエール(ジャン・ルイ・トランティニャン)、ジョン(ジョルジュ・リヴィエール)、ロバートの三人は砂漠の探鉱作業を終えヘリコプターで帰る途中、フランス核実験の危険区域にあるという警告をうけ不時着した。折しも強烈な暴風雨。そして谷川で正体の知れぬ妙な男タマールを助け、数時間後に三人はその男の一味の捕虜になった。タマールは昔海底に没した謎の国アトランティスの宰相だったのだ。女王アンティニア(ハヤ・ハラリート)に原爆実験のある事実とその危険性を説いたが通じない。彼女らには地上での生活などとうてい理解できないのだ。ロバートが彼女の心をとらえ、愛しあうようになってしまった。その間、ジョンが脱走に失敗して殺され、ロバート自身も女王にさからって地下の鉱石採掘所の奴隷にさせられた。ここでロバートは原爆実験本部から捕らえられて来た男マックスと組み、やっとのことで逃げだしたが追手のためにマックスは殺されロバートは地下牢に放りこまれ、そして女王に反抗して殺された。原爆実験の時が切迫したのを知ったピエールは、タマールに相談した。彼はこの地下国を愛しておりピエールをこの秘境から脱出させることにした。ピエールと同行したジーナという、やはり掠奪されていた女が安全圏に逃げたとき、地底の国は崩壊していたのだった。1961年仏・伊。
ANTINEA L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA' SEPOLTA (aka JOURNEY BENEATH THE DESERT ), 1961, is a fantasy movie directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Haya Harareet, Georges Riviere, Rad Fulton, Amedeo Nazzari, Giulia Rubini, Gabriele Tinti, Gian Maria Volonte. While flying in a helicopter over the mountain area of Hahggar on the eve of an atomic test, three geologists are forced to an emergency landing by a sudden storm. After taking refuge in a cave, they saved a Tuareg named Tamal (Nazzari) from drowning. Tamal promises to help them, but during the night he comes back with his fellow tribe men and the three were captured and led into a deep cave inside the mountain, where there is a mysterious palace. Here the three men become aware of what remains of the ancient ruins of Atlantis and they meet its queen, Antinea (Harareet). The queen is a cruel woman who, in vain hopes to meet ideal lover for eternity, slaughters and petrifies her unlucky suitors. The mythical kingdom of Atlantis, that sunk into the sea in the mists of time and later emerged from the sands of the desert, is now threatened with destruction by the impending nuclear power experiment. Realizing that the underground city is located in the area of the explosion, the three men are trying hard to convince the queen and, her right arm, Tamal, of the imminent danger. The pilot John (Riviere), who is guilty of attempted escape, is tortured, killed and melted into a golden statue. The engineer Robert (Fulton) is sentenced to work with the slaves in the mines. Pierre (Trintignant), who entered into the good graces of the queen, saves his own life but he can not leave the palace, and eventually is forced to kill Robert. After trying unsuccessfully to convince Antinea of the imminent danger that is going to upset the region, Pierre succeeds to elude the guards with the help of Tamal and he manages to escape with his young maidservant Zinah (Rubies). The film was shot at Cinecitta in the same period in which the Peplum raged occupying all the studios. The film had a troubled production.The first director Frank Borzage became seriously ill and died at the beginning of the filming. His successor was Edmond T. Greville, and finally the filming was completed by Edgar G. Ulmer (THE BLACK CAT , 1934, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, THE MAN FROM PLANET X, 1951, and BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER, 1960). Dazzling sets and costumes were inspired by those used by Jacques Feyder, director of L'ATLANTIDE, 1921 (Lost Atlantis). Carlo Rustichelli wrote an orchestral score with epic themes, mysterious, romantic and adventurous. This long CD (75:36) is made using every note contained in the mono master tapes of the original recording session and also include the music from the LP edited by the composer himself, that was never published.
THE UNRELEASED ALBUM
01. TITOLI ANTINEA 1:52
02. PASSEGGIANDO IN GIARDINO 1:02
03. SCHERMAGLIE DI SENTIMENTI 3:42
04. GUERRESCO 0:56
05. INVOCAZIONE DEA E DANZA 2:17
06. SOGNANTI PENSIERI 4:00
07. CORTEO NOTABILI 1:53
08. ATTESA, MIRAGGIO E CALMA 2:53
09. INCONTRI D'AMORE 1:34
10. ANSIA, SOSPETTI, RIVELAZIONI 3:37
11. TORMENTO E DECISIONE 0:59
12. TEMPESTA 2:11
13. INGRESSO VESTALI 1:36
14. GRANDE CORTEO 2:13
15. PROFUMI NOTTURNI 1:55
16. PRIGIONIERI AL LAVORO 0:58
17. RIMEMBRANZA 1:55
18. ATMOSFERE 2:40
19. MEDITAZIONI LONTANE 2:08
20. REMINISCENZE 2:29
21. FINALE ANTINEA 2:38
BONUS TRACKS
22. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.1 3:33
23. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.2 1:05
24. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.3 3:23
25. INVOCAZIONE E DANZA (alt. take) 2:16
26. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.4 1:30
27. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.5 2:46
28. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.6 1:01
29. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.7 1:19
30. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.8 0:56
31. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.9 1:07
32. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.10 2:06
33. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.11 3:28
34. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.12 1:37
35. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.13 1:02
36. ANTINEA: L'AMANTE DELLA CITTA SEPOLTA - seq.14 1:29