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Rating: 5.9/10 by 65 users

Farewell to the King (1989)

An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.

Directing:
  • John Milius
  • Terry Leonard
Writing:
  • John Milius
  • Pierre Schoendoerffer
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Mar 03, 1989

Rating: 5.9/10 by 65 users

Alternative Title:
Farewell to the King - Sie nannten ihn Leroy - DE
Der Dschungelkönig von Borneo - DE
Nacht over Borneo - NL

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 57 minutes
Budget: $16,000,000
Revenue: $2,420,917

Plot Keyword: guerrilla warfare, paradise, island, shipwreck, desertion, world war ii, infantry, u.s. navy, tribe, borneo, jungle
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