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Amok (1945 film)

Amok
Directed by Antonio Momplet
Produced by Gonzalo Elvira
Written by Stefan Zweig
Antonio Momplet
Starring María Félix
Julián Soler
Stella Inda
Music by Manuel Esperón
Agustín Lara
Edited by Jorge Bustos
Distributed by Clasa Films Mundiales
Release date
22 December 1944 (1944-12-22)
Running time
137 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

Amok is a 1944 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Antonio Momplet and starring María Félix and Julián Soler. The film is based on the novel Der Amokläufer by author Stefan Zweig.

A doctor (Julián Soler) embezzles the proceeds of his Parisian clinic in order to better support the manipulative woman (María Félix) with whom he is having an affair. After losing all the money while gambling, he is forced to flee to an undeveloped region of India. There, he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a disease the natives term "Amok", while his past mistakes still plague him.



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