Roots of Evil

Name: Roots of Evil
Genre: Action, Crime
Released: 1979-08-15
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Christian Anders, Maribel Martín, Dunja Rajter, Deep Roy, Fernando Bilbao

Die Brut des Bösen (1979)

Timing: 1:25 (85 min)

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Antonio Tarruella, Christian Anders

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Christian Anders, Maribel Martín, Dunja Rajter, Deep Roy, Fernando Bilbao, Ria Kemp, Wolfgang Schütte, José María Guía, Ichimi, Fernando Hilbeck
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Short description

A young karate master named Frank Mertens struggles to protect his martial arts school from a ruthless opponent. As he fights to preserve the purity of his discipline, he also seeks vengeance against those who caused the death of his teacher. The conflict escalates into an open war against a man intent on controlling the industry for profit.

This 1979 West German action crime film was directed by Antonio Tarruella and Christian Anders, who also wrote the screenplay and starred as the lead character. The cast includes Deep Roy, Maribel Martín, Dunja Rajter, Fernando Bilbao, and Ria Kemp. Produced by Leo Kemkes, the movie has a runtime of 85 minutes.

Audience reception for the film is generally low. It holds a 4/10 rating on IMDb based on 408 votes and a 4.7/10 rating on TMDB from 16 votes.