The first part of the TEUFELSKERLE series
After the many (schoolgirl) report films he had already made, the successful German director Ernst Hofbauer felt like making a slapstick comedy in the tradition of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in 1974. The whole thing was produced by Theo Marie Werner ("KOMMISSAR X" - film series), who also wrote the script with old master Geza von Cziffra. It was filmed in Colombia.
The German stuntman Wolf Goldan (Jim) and the Italian stuntman Alberto dell'Acqua / Robert Widmark (Jeff) were cast as unbeatable whipping boys. The stronger Jim played the guy who simply blows opponents away, while the acrobatic Jeff surprises opponents with his agility. With Rinaldo Talamonti (Giovanni Telli), the two fist-wielding warriors had a snotty buddy with them who was responsible for the payment and otherwise took all the beating. A similar trio as in the US crime series "RIPTIDE" ten years later. Here, too, two assertive musclemen (Perry King, Joe Penny) were brought together with a rather weak computer freak (Thom Bray).
The plot of the film is not worth mentioning. The aim is to show as many brawls as possible, in which martial arts elements from Hong Kong films are mixed with Italian brawl slapstick. The two good-for-nothings, who otherwise don't do much, beat up their opponents dozens of times. It's also surprisingly rude. A special feature of this film and probably a copy of the successful sex report films is that there is a jungle expedition in which the three thugs meet barely clothed jungle girls with whom they then have hot sexual adventures (only for them, of course both ruffians!) comes. But even in the jungle, you can't miss a final fight with some bad guys who need a good beating.
The film was probably at least so successful that there would be three sequels with a different production method in the coming years.
Wolf Goldan (1944-1986), who tried out in many areas (for example as a pop singer), unfortunately died far too early and shortly before his death he was in a very action-packed DERRICK episode called "On a Monday Morning" ( 1986).
Alberto dell'Acqua, born in 1938, comes from a family of artists and, with his acrobatic skills, is a true jack-of-all-trades who has impressed in many films.
Rinaldo Talamonti (born 1947) is known from many German sex films, in which he mostly played the love-crazy cliche Italian.
For fans of 1970s spanking, this film is an interesting phenomenon because it is a primarily German production. You shouldn't expect an artistically good film here.
