Der amerikanische Autor Richard Connell publizierte im Januar 1924 seine erfolgreiche Kurzgeschichte The Most Dangerous Game," die mehrfach als Filmvorlage diente. Nicht nur, dass Ulf Kreth dieses Werk erstmalig ins Deutsche ubersetzt hat, er hat es ebenso in Das grausamste Spiel" eigenen Vorstellungen entsprechend adaptiert. Wie im Original, so strandet auch in seiner Neubearbeitung der Amerikaner Rainsford auf einer Karibikinsel, die einem reichen und exzentrischen Russen, General Zaroff, gehort. Zaroff ist wie sein unerwarteter Gast leidenschaftlicher Jager und hat auf der Insel ein...
Der amerikanische Autor Richard Connell publizierte im Januar 1924 seine erfolgreiche Kurzgeschichte The Most Dangerous Game," die mehrfach als Filmvo...
When the famous hunter Sanger Rainsford is stranded on an island in the Caribbean, he soon learns to his horror which prey is the most dangerous game. "The Most Dangerous Game" been often collected in anthologies, often referenced in writing manuals, and adapted for the big screen more than a dozen times. This collection also includes Hemingway's "The Killers," Saki's "Sredni Vashtar," London's "To Build a Fire," "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "The Country of the Blind," and the classic thrillers "Captain Rogers" and "Leiningen versus the Ants."
When the famous hunter Sanger Rainsford is stranded on an island in the Caribbean, he soon learns to his horror which prey is the most dangerous game....
Much more than a simple horror story. Richard Connell wants us to question the very idea of civilization and what it means to be a civilized human. General Zaroff may have sophisticated conversations, wear formal London-tailored evening clothes, and speak three languages-but he also hunts down other human beings like animals. And that's partly because he doesn't see any difference between humans and animals. (Well, that, and he's a nutso psychopath.) He claims that he doesn't hunt other civilized beings: he hunts the "cast-offs" of the world, as he calls them, "sailors from tramp...
Much more than a simple horror story. Richard Connell wants us to question the very idea of civilization and what it means to be a civilized human. Ge...
"The Most Dangerous Game" features as its main character a big-game hunter from New York, who becomes shipwrecked on an isolated island in the Caribbean, and is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The story is an inversion of the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s.
"The Most Dangerous Game" features as its main character a big-game hunter from New York, who becomes shipwrecked on an isolated island in the Caribbe...
