Thor and the Amazon Women (1963) - full transcript
A race of Amazon warriors is enslaving the men of a country, and the mighty Thor is called upon to help them regain their freedom.
NARRATOR (VOICEOVER): Where
now all is sea and desert there
once existed,
countless ages ago,
a region called [INAUDIBLE]
In these mountains
rose and grew a matriarchal
civilization so frightful
that dim echos of it's
cruelty and violence
have come down to us across
the abyss of 18 thousand years.
The men were considered
inferior beings
and destined from birth
to a condition of slavery.
Forced to work in
the mines, they
had lost the last vestige
of a rebellious spirit.
All power was in the
hands of the women, who,
trained in the arts of
war, spread terror in all
the surrounding countries,
bringing with them everywhere.
The rare women who dared rebel
against this form of government
was segregated and trained
as the Gladiatricies
to fight against each other.
This was the first
time in history
that human beings were
forced to kill one another
in mortal combat, for
the inhuman pleasure
of a blood-thirsty queen.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-I have summoned
you, gracious Queen,
to tell you that your
kingdom will remain
in the hands of
women until such time
as there shall appear a man
so powerful and strong as
to overcome the
concerted strength
of 101 of the
strongest of your one.
He will not combat
with any weapon.
He will exercise only his
bare physical strength.
If you should not succeed
in defeating this man
he will overthrow your throne.
You will seek his name among
the descendants of Thor.
I have told you only that
which time will verify.
-Have a proclamation
issued, Yamad.
Whoever brings me tidings
of a man so powerful
shall be rewarded with
1,000 male slaves.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING RHYTHMICALLY]
-Distant land I once saw
a powerful man rescue
a young maiden sacrificed
to the god Sidac.
This man fought against
a gigantic beast
in it's very cage.
After a long struggle, he
succeeded in killing the beast
with the sole strength
of this bare hands.
-Where is this man?
-Mountains of Har.
-You, now.
-Once, while returning
from the hunts
I saw something incredible.
A man was in a lair, with
very high and jagged walls,
where a family of lions
had made their den.
The wild beasts not only did
not attack him as though fearing
his strength, but
played with him
as though he were their friend.
-Go.
You.
-Your generosity,
oh Queen, permits
you to give heed to one
of your Gladiatricies.
My name is Ghebel Gor.
Will you grant me
freedom, and may I
hope to become part
of your glorious army
if I bring you the
powerful man you seek?
THE BLACK QUEEN: You know him?
How do you know him?
-Yourwal captured
me in the Forrest
of Har, the home of Thor,
for that is he name.
-Thor?
What does that signify, Thor?
-The name Thor derives from
Taris, from whom he descends.
And it is said that his
strength is beyond measure.
-Thor?
Yamad, prepare and
expedition and speed
to the Mountains of Har.
The Gladiatrix Ghebel Gor
will act as your guide.
I want this man brought
before me alive.
MAN: Come on, come on, you.
Hurry up, hurry up.
Round and round we go.
Now, then everybody tumble down.
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
[VILLAGE PEOPLE CHATTERING]
MAN: Round and round,
round and round,
and round, and round, and round.
Faster, faster, round
and round, and round.
Now, then, come on, now,
then everybody tumble down.
CHILD: There's Holmolke!
-Now tell me where you got
this lamb kin, Holmolke.
-While I was fishing I saw a
tiger astride a broken tree
trunk, escaping down the stream.
-A tiger?
Come, take way this lamb kin.
Come, tell me.
Ah, tell me.
-Yes, I saw the tiger.
-You did?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
HOLMOLKE: Now I know why we were
never able to find or face her.
She escapes by leaping
onto a broken trunk
in the middle of the stream.
Killing of our sheep will
end if you would allow
me to go and capture this tiger.
MAN: It's very
dangerous, Holmolke.
How will you be
able to kill her?
-I'll follow her
tracks and you, you
can have them prepare me a trap.
And the most likely--
TAMAR: Sire.
If you will order your
men to prepare the trap
I shall help my
brother kill the tiger.
I'll keep watch near the trap.
-You, Tamar, are a woman.
-Yes.
But Nalian blood runs
through my veins.
-This sign was made at birth
by the King, my father.
My sister has one just like it.
-You'll be king
one day, Holmolke.
MAN: When your father died
I promised I would teach you
the virtues of
courage and justice,
so that one day
you might reconquer
the thrown that
rightfully belongs to you.
Go now, and may the gods
protect your youthfulness.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SHEEP BLEATING]
-This is the hour.
Tamar?
-Shh.
Not so loud.
-Do you know who it was
killed the King, our father?
-Yes.
I know.
It was a conspiracy of women
who wanted to rule over men.
Remember our beautiful
and happy city
beside the lake, and
the tragic night when,
from every direction, there
came warriors on horse back,
who attacked and over
came our defenses.
They destroyed and
killed without pity.
After fighting bravely
until the last breath,
our father was dragged to his
death, bound to a racing steed.
Of our city not a trace
remained, and our people
were made prisoners and taken
away to a destination unknown.
Of our family, only you
and I were able to escape.
But don't think about it now.
It's all very sad.
-One day I shall
avenge my father.
GHEBEL GOR: Here,
this is the place.
-We will approach silently,
so that the strongman won't
be aware of us
until the very last.
Remember that our gracious
Queen wants him alive.
We'll divide into six groups
and surround the area.
You will advance
only at my signal.
You will act as guide.
-If you free me
of my feathers it
will be easier to
show you the way.
YAMAD: Set free Ghebel Gor.
If you try to escape you
will be killed instantly.
-I won't try to escape, Yamad.
YAMAD: The first group, there.
The second group, that way.
The third, down there.
-Tamar, Tamar.
-The tiger.
-Who are they?
-I don't know.
-Now the tiger's gone away.
-But who are they?
They seemed like women.
Strange.
-We must continue our watch.
Let's hope they
go away from here.
-That is Thor, the
man we're looking for.
-If that's him, we
must capture him.
Follow him silently
and surround him.
Then, all together,
we will pounce on him.
Let's go.
-Homolke, the tiger.
-Look, we got him.
Thor!
-Good work.
-Tamar, instead of the
tiger we captured Thor.
We didn't do it on purpose.
THOR: I should think so.
After all, we're
friends, aren't we?
[LAUGHING]
YAMAD: Don't move, if
you hold life dear.
We have come to
capture you, Thor.
You must come with us.
The Queen's to see you.
-I do not know your Queen.
And I do not know why
she wishes to see me.
I am free in this forrest.
A forrest I shall stay.
-Thor, you must come with
us even against your will.
-You go away from here.
Then you must take me by force.
-Seize him!
-Stand back!
Stop, all of you!
I don't fight against women.
Stay back!
Don't move!
Stay where you are!
Stand back!
-Thor.
THOR: I repeat, I do
not fight against women.
Oh.
-Thor.
I'll carry you.
SOLDIER 1: He must be there.
SOLDIER 2: [INAUDIBLE] rock.
SOLDIER 3: He's disappeared.
SOLDIER 4: How can it be?
SOLDIER 5: He seems
to have vanished!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-But you, who are
a friend of Thor,
must know how it was he
was able to disappear.
-I do not know
who you are, but I
see that you are a
prisoner, like me.
And I know you should never have
led these women against Thor.
-No one has ever succeeded in
taking Thor against his will.
And certainly never by women.
-Oh, you keep still.
Uh!
-Ghebel Gor, you stop it.
It's my duty to conduct
the prisoner to Babylos
safe and sound for the
mortal duels in the arena.
GHEBEL GOR: You are
in command, Yamad.
-March on!
-What is your name?
-Tamar.
-We will become
friends, I think.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
YAMAD: Ghebel Gor, come forward.
-Our very own people
have made us prisoners.
-We won't be prisoners
for long, Tamar.
-You are so young, Holmolke.
What can you do?
-Escape and seek
allies among all
the people's of the mountains.
The Nalian kingdom
is ours, Tamar.
And we shall reconquer
Babylos, and you too
must escape and try to
reach the Shepard King.
-Yes, Holmolke, we will keep
the promise made to the king who
has brought us up
as his own children.
YAMAD: The child
will be conducted
to the state camp for children.
Tamar, to the school
for Gladiatricies.
Take them away.
-Tamar!
Tamar!
Tamar!
Tamar!
-They struck you
with this weapon.
In my tribe this weapon was used
to capture wild animals alive.
-What is it?
I've been asleep for three days.
-You see these thorns?
They are dipped in juice
extracted from the berries
of the red plant of
Loc, which has the power
to put to sleep any
animal, even the biggest,
for a-- a week or more.
-They have taken
me for an animal.
-Yes, Master.
-Where are Tamar and Holmolke?
-Who?
I saw you alone.
-They had caught me in
the trap by mistake.
-I heard the voices of women.
Then I saw you falling
from the top of that cliff.
I caught you and
brought you here.
-I must find out what
happened to them.
-No.
Lie still.
-It hurts.
-Let's see.
-Yes, that's it, there.
-Mm.
A bone is out of joint.
I'll put it back in place, but
it's going to be very painful.
-Don't worry about that.
Go ahead and do it.
-Give me your other arm.
Huh!
-Uh!
-How is it?
-Good.
I think it went into place.
-Lie back.
Easy.
Master, now you must lie
still a while to heal up.
You mustn't move
you're shoulder.
-But I cannot stay here.
I must find Tamar and Holmolke.
-But you cannot do anything
with that shoulder.
And if they've
been taken prisoner
you certainly can't
help them now.
You can leave in a day or
so, and I shall wait here
fishing the best salmon for you.
-I expect you to come with me.
-To do what?
-Perhaps to fight.
-Women?
-Come forward, Tamar.
-You are now enrolled in
school for Gladiatricies.
It will be your duty
to exercise your body
and intelligence for combat.
When you have achieved
sufficient preparation
you will fight in the arena, for
the glory of our gracious Queen
and for the delight
of the women of Nalia.
I shall encircle your
arm with 21 rings, a sign
of your qualification
as Gladiatrix.
With each victory in the
arena, we'll remove one ring,
thus bring you
nearer to liberation.
21 victories will mean your
freedom, and the possibility
of becoming part of the glorious
army of the women of Nalia.
If you are brave
and strong, Tamar,
you have nothing to fear.
Any attempt at rebellion
will be punished
immediately with death.
And death is the penalty
if you should refuse
to kill your rival in the
arena when the signal for death
is given.
-How many Gladiatricies
have so far
been able to regain
their freedom?
-You wish to know how many?
Not one.
-Out, out, out, out, out, out.
Lu, come here!
-Ah!
-Go there!
Out, out, out.
-Listen, slave.
Come here, immediately.
If you don't come here
quickly I'll have you whipped.
-What do you want from me?
-I want to know where you
found the skin you're wearing.
-This?
It's the skin of a
bear that I myself
killed while I was out hunting.
-You mean you
killed a real bear?
But bears are wild and ferocious
and live in the forrest.
-I, too, live in the forrest.
And I'm also a hunter.
-Listen, little boy, will you
give me your bear skin dress?
-I cannot.
It is all I have.
-But I'll give you
mine in exchange.
-I would never think of
wearing girls clothes.
-Well, if you really
don't want to.
Why don't we go kill
a bear so I may have
a dress like yours,
which I like so much.
Would you?
-But to kill a bear
one must go deep
into the interior
of the forrest.
-You're afraid, aren't you?
-I'm not afraid, but
I'm a prisoner in here.
-Of course.
All the men in here are
prisoners and cannot run away.
But tonight I shall come
for you and conduct you out
of our city.
-You will?
-But if the Nalian women
see a boy running loose
they'll kill him.
So for this once you
must dress like this.
Very well, if it's
to escape I accept.
You'll bring me a
girls dress then.
-This very night, as soon as
the moon rises try to be here.
-I'll be here.
Huh!
SOLDIER: Get back to your
work you little worm.
Move!
Move!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
SOLDIER: Take her away.
You, too.
Go!
-I haven't been able to find
out anything about my brother.
-Don't you worry, Tamar.
The Nalians don't kill children.
-What do they do with them?
-The children are brought up
in camps run by the state.
And there is no difference
between prisoner boys
and those of the Nalians.
They all share the same fate.
They are raised to be slaves
in the service of women,
and destined to perform
the heaviest labor,
and made to push like
beasts the great wheel
in the grotto where
salt is mined.
-Have you been here long?
-Ever since my people
were annihilated.
The moon has waxed
and waned 14 times.
-Why haven't you
tried to escape?
-My father and my
eight brothers tried
to escape in order to save me.
I saw them killed
before my very eyes.
-You must have
suffered very much.
What can you hope for now?
-I have no choice.
The only hope is
for an early death.
Once before I fought
in the arena, you know.
And my adversary fell in combat.
Fortunately for me, the
signal was to spare her.
-And what if the
signal had been death?
Would you have killed her?
-No.
No, I'd prefer to die myself
rather than kill my opponent.
-The combat which we must
undertake in the arena
gives us, however,
the possibility
of having weapons of our own?
-You forget that among us there
are women like Ghebel Gor.
See her?
She has only two rings left.
If she succeeds in
killing two of us
she will obtain her freedom.
She's the first Gladiatrix
to reach so near the goal.
TAMAR: How does she win?
She doesn't seem so powerful.
-She isn't, in fact.
She has always won
through deception.
Beware of her, Tamar.
-Where are you?
Wake up!
Wake up!
-Hm?
LOULI: Hurry, I
brought you the dress.
Hurry!
Climb over, hurry!
They mustn't discover you.
-How will we be able
to get out of Babylos?
-I know a secret passage.
Trust me, come!
Hurry!
-Ghebel Gor, 19 victories.
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
YAMAD: The purpose
of my visit is
to inspect the state of
training of the Gladiatricies,
and refer the
results to the Queen.
-Today what would you
like to witness, Yamad?
Perhaps the triangle of death?
-I think a simpler mode of
combat designated by chance.
The triangles of
death are better
for the spectators in the arena.
Agarit, come and
select the colors.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
YAMAD: But she's wounded.
-Yes I was wounded while
training yesterday.
-Not her, another.
Go.
GHEBEL GOR: Allow me,
Yamad to offer myself
as a volunteer to fight
against this woman.
-You were not
selected, Ghebel Gor.
You cannot choose.
I shall choose your opponent.
The weapons!
Begin.
May the best win.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SWORDS CLASHING]
-The verdict is death.
-Oomach, but we're in practice.
-To death.
[LABORED BREATHING]
-To death.
-No!
I won't kill her!
Never!
-She must be executed.
-She will be executed by
her own fellow warriors.
No one may disobey the
sacred laws of the state.
SOLDIER: Forward!
Halt!
Right face!
Ready!
She will die for
refusing to kill!
-I'm hungry, Homolke.
We've been walking for days.
-Louli, you wanted the forrest.
Well this is the forrest.
-Look, there!
Here you are, Homolke.
-Eat it, it's good.
-It's very good!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Thor!
-Ah, you're awake.
You must be very hungry.
-Uh huh
-Come, drink this milk.
HOLMOLKE: Yes, Thor.
THOR: Ah, ah.
Where are your manners?
[LAUGHING]
-That's enough, now.
The milk is for Homolke.
Come, drink.
Come on.
Do you remember, Homolke,
the trap you set for me?
Ubaratutu found you
right near that spot.
-Louli's hungry too.
THOR: Drink.
There's also enough for her.
Try to wake her.
See if she wants a little milk.
Go on.
-Louli, Louli.
Louli.
Wake up.
Louli.
THOR: I think
Louli should sleep.
She's very tired.
But you haven't told
me anything about her.
Who is she?
-She's a friend of
mine from Babylos.
It was she who
helped me to escape.
-Where is Tamar?
HOLMOLKE: Tamar is prisoner
of the women of Nalia.
She is destined to
become a Gladiatrix.
Louli told me that they are
compelled to kill each other.
[HORNS SOUNDING]
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[HORNS SOUNDING]
[HORNS SOUNDING]
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SWORDS AND SHIELDS CLASHING]
-Ah!
[SWORDS CLASHING]
-Ah!
FALLEN SOLDIER: No.
No!
Oh, no!
No!
No!
Ah!
-As you see, Tamar,
one can also win.
-Ghebel Gor, you
have won 19 times.
You have killed 19
of our fellow women.
-Do not hold it
against me, Tamar.
I too, for 19 times, have
run the risk of being killed.
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[DRUM BEAT]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Ha!
-Huh, ah!
-Ha.
-Eh.
-Ah.
-Ha!
-Oh!
-Ah!
-Ah!
SOLDIERS: Oh, oh, oh, oh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
[WEAPONS CLASHING]
[GRUNTING]
-Ah!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Ah!
[GRUNTING]
-Ah!
[WEAPONS CLASHING]
-Ah huh!
[CRYING]
GHEBEL GOR: I am
your friend, Tamar.
-Would you still
be if one day we
were to face each
other in the arena?
To win or die?
-I hope I shall never have
to fight against you, Tamar.
You are very gentle.
But also strong.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING]
THOR: Thank you, friends.
HOLMOLKE: Louli,
there's the king!
THOR: Go on!
-Ah.
My dear Homolke.
Oh, oh, ah.
THOR: You see?
I brought you back Homolke.
-This very day we shall
set out in search of allies
to join us in making war
against the Queen of Babylos.
-I shall go with you.
-Make preparations,
two [INAUDIBLE]
THOR: Allow me, oh King, to
help this boy and your people
in the liberation of Babylos.
While you seek alliances
Ubaratutu and I
will attempt to enter the
underground city to find out
what forces they dispose
of, and in what way
it is possible to surprise them,
and liberate their men who are
treated by those women
as nothing but worms.
-Thank you, Thor.
Your offer of help is
too important for me
to refuse lightly.
-We will leave when
the sun goes down.
UBARATUTU: Uh, but Master.
I cannot come with you.
There will be no one here to
protect all these good people.
-You can go in all
tranquility, Ubaratutu.
-But I don't want
to go to a country
where the men are
treated like worms.
-You're coming with
me because this fight
is a fight for justice.
-Mm, uh.
-And you too are a
Nalien, just as I am.
-Yes, Louli.
And one day you will
sit at my side as Queen.
[GIGGLING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
UBARATUTU: These are the
dead bodies of men, Master.
-Then we've arrived.
UBARATUTU: But, Master
do all the men of Babylos
end up like this?
-Many of them do.
UBARATUTU: Oh.
-Ah, come on.
We must go beyond that cliff.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MAN: No, no!
Let go!
SOLDIER: Move!
MAN: I don't want to die!
SOLDIER: Move!
MAN: Let me go!
No!
Don't kill me!
Help!
Help!
No, no!
Help!
Help!
Don't kill me!
Oh, I don't want to die!
Help!
No!
No!
Help!
Oh!
Don't kill me!
Oh, I don't want to die!
-Why do you want to kill him?
What has he done?
-He was the Queen's husband and
she doesn't want him anymore.
MAN: I don't want to die.
THOR: Run away!
SOLDIER: Let me go!
Let me go!
-Ah!
[YELLING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOLDIERS YELLING]
-Uh, huh!
SOLDIER: Who are you, man?
What are you doing here?
-Um, I'm, uh, oh, no.
-Come with us.
March!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Come.
Step up here.
Step up.
Now stand still.
Obey the voice
that you will here.
THE BLACK QUEEN: It
is useless for you
to guess where this
voice is coming from.
Don't be afraid.
Do as I tell you.
Raise your arms.
I said raise your arms.
Relax.
Now flex your muscles.
Display the muscles
of your back.
Now your chest.
That's enough.
I have chosen you as my husband.
-M-- me?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-What are you doing there?
Are you mad?
-If they notice you
they'll kill you.
-Get back to your
work, prisoner.
-I'm not a prisoner.
They were pursuing me
and I hid in this grotto.
But what are you doing?
How is it there
are no overseers?
-The overseers
here are not many.
What use would they be?
After all, there's no
possibility of escape.
We'd all be killed
before we had time
to reach the entrance
to the grotto.
-The life of a man in
here is worth nothing,
much less than
that of an animal.
-But you are stronger than the
women who hold you prisoner.
-They are armed.
We are not.
They are free in their
movements while we
are practically buried
in these caverns.
They are sound in body while
we exist on a handful of food
barely enough for us to survive.
How could we ever think
of gaining freedom?
-You are very strong
and still free.
Run away before
they discover you.
-I have come to this city
purposely to free all of you.
But now I must go away.
Wait for the signal to revolt.
And keep ready.
And if possible, warn
all the other prisoners.
I shall return.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-You will soon witness the
games in the great arena, seated
by my side, as my husband
and king, Ubaratutu.
You deserve the honor.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
-How dare you enter here, man?
-Thor, it's my Master.
Master.
This is my friend Thor.
-Come away and leave this woman.
UBARATUTU: What are
you saying, Thor?
Why, this woman is the Queen.
Don't you understand?
A-- a-- and I'm her husband.
Go on, tell my friend
that I've become the King.
THOR: You are not
king, Ubaratutu.
In a few days this
wicked woman will
have you killed as she had
all her other husbands killed.
She only thirsts
for blood and death.
Come away.
-But, are you really so wicked?
She has done no harm to me.
On the contrary.
Don't be afraid, Thor.
She knows you're my friend.
Isn't that so?
Oh, don't just stand there
looking like a mummy.
THOR: I have come
here to save you.
But it's dangerous
to waste time.
-But I don't need to be saved.
I am the king.
-Don't you understand?
When this woman becomes tired
of you she will have you killed.
-I don't believe you.
THOR: Your throne is
shaking, false Queen.
As free men, we are
here to restore justice.
Ubaratutu, if you
don't come with me
I'll take you away by force.
-No.
THOR: What?
-No.
-No?
-Ooh!
-Ooh!
-Ugh!
Oh!
-Ugh!
-Uh!
Huh!
-Argh!
-Ah!
[GRUNTING]
-Ugh!
Oof!
[GONG SOUNDS}
-Uh.
-Did you call, my Queen?
THE BLACK QUEEN:
Guards, I order you
to seize that man, who
dared to enter here.
Arrest that worm of a man.
-Come.
[GRUNTING AND STRUGGLING]
-How can you allow them
to do this to my friend?
[BOING]
[BOING]
[BOING]
[BOING]
[BOING]
THOR: Ow.
-Thor.
THE BLACK QUEEN:
Good, Ubaratutu.
You struck him neatly.
-Me?
But I didn't mean to strike him.
THE BLACK QUEEN: No?
Who did you want to strike then?
-Thor was my Master.
I wanted to help him.
THE BLACK QUEEN:
Then you will share
the same destiny as your friend.
Take him away.
-What you're saying?
I'm the king.
How can you?
-No, you are no longer king.
UBARATUTU: What?
Then what Thor said is true.
You are a wicked woman and
always changing husbands.
-Step aside.
Take him away.
-That's why your
throne is shaking.
Because you're wicked.
Yes, a wicked woman, that's
what you are, a wicked woman.
[HORNS SOUNDING]
YAMAD: Pick your weapons.
-Give me that weapon, it's mine.
-Stop it!
I order the immediate
suspension of all practice.
And let each warrior
retire to her own cell.
-Holmolke, are you
sure it was here you
were to meet your
warrior allies?
-Of course.
These are the streams of Sedec.
-No one has come.
They have abandoned you.
-Oh, unfortunately everyone
is afraid of making
war against the women of Nalia.
Our very own people
have deserted us.
-I know why, because
no one has the courage
to fight against Babylos.
Even without allies we
can still do something.
If we find the secret passage
we can liberate Tamar.
-We who?
-We three.
Are you afraid?
-You are right, my child.
We shall go.
So forward, to Babylos.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-What are you
dreaming of, Tamar?
-The distant mountains of Har.
Huh?
-What is this sign?
-I don't know.
-But I do.
It was the sign of the
royal family of Babylos.
-How do you know?
-Of the royal family
the only ones to escape
were a girl and a young
boy, heirs to the throne,
children of the old king.
-You wish to denounce me?
Do so.
-I shall not
denounce you, Tamar.
-Why do you tell me this, Yamad?
-We have need of you, Tamar.
You must help us.
And you will gain your kingdom.
-And why?
Why do you have need of me?
Tell me, who are you, Yamad?
-I am Captain General
of the Nalian army,
responsible for the
Gladiatricies and--
-And?
-And leader of conspiracy
to overthrow the Queen,
and put an end to her
ferocious dictatorship.
We must be cautious, Tamar.
This place is
swarming with spies.
And even I, who enjoy the
confidence of the Queen,
am always watched by my
General's staff, ever ready
to get rid of me at the
first sign of weakness.
-But if you are the leader
of this conspiracy why
do you lead the
armies of the Queen?
Why do you spread death
and destruction everywhere?
Why do you have the
Gladiatricies put to death
as you did with
the gentle Agarit?
Why are you so inhuman
and insensible?
-Do you think I like
acting this way?
I must do it.
-I believe in you, Yamad.
And I am ready to
do whatever you say.
But how long is it since you
decided to act in this manner?
-Ever since I realized
that the rule of women
was a most frightful and
horrible form of government.
Ever since they killed
the man I loved.
Ever since they took
away my children
and put them in state camps.
Ever since I began to understand
that a woman cannot deprive
herself of every
human sentiment,
in the name of a
superiority the nature
never meant to assign to them.
-Yamad, you have lived
this double life in order
to be able to free our people.
-Yes.
But now we are about
to go into action.
The men whom the Queen has
reduced to slaves in the mines
have already been informed, and
await the signal for revolt.
Keep ready, Tamar.
Tonight I'll help you
leave here and hide you.
You belong to the people
who must be liberated.
And you will be the
symbol of the restoration.
-I shall do all you
tell me to, Yamad.
For me and for my brother,
the king of Babylos.
My brother is young.
I have survived the slaughter
of my family bringing to safety
little Holmolke,
educating him in secret,
attending the day of vengeance.
When I have reconquered for
him the throne of our fathers
you can ask for
anything you wish.
-My best reward would be to
build a happy life again,
at the side of a man
who is stronger than I.
-Have faith, Yamad.
-The two of them are traitrices.
-What do you know?
-Just overheard a
conversation Yamad
had with Tamar in her cell.
Your Captain General is
leader of a conspiracy
to overthrow your
throne and to kill you.
-And the other?
GHEBEL GOR: The other is
daughter of the last king
of Babylos, whom you,
oh gracious Queen,
thanks to your
wisdom, did overthrow.
The marks on her shoulder
is proof that I do not lie.
-The conspiracy has failed.
But others will rise
after my death who
will put an end to the
mad dictatorship of women.
Those are the women you will
have at your side, false Queen.
Women like Ghebel Gor.
-Your life will be spared,
Yamad, only if you give me
the names of those
who helped you
to weave such a
conspiracy against me.
-No one helped me.
-Take her away!
And as for you,
you were sentenced,
and your family was
sentenced many years
ago, to the penalty of death.
GHEBEL GOR: My gracious Queen.
-Speak.
What do you wish?
-If the people knew
that in Babylos there
is the heir to the king
whom you overthrew,
they would begin to
become superstitious.
Besides which, by having her
publicly condemned to death
how could this fact
be kept secret?
-What do you propose?
-My gracious Queen.
You must know that only
two more victories now
separate me from
acquiring my freedom.
Let me fight against Tamar, and
another, whom I shall select,
granting me the
choice of weapon.
Thus the problem of eliminating
this woman without scandal
will be solved.
-When you have won and acquired
your much longed for freedom,
you will have earned
the highest position
in the army, which
is now vacant.
That of Captain
General of Nalia.
TAMAR: Nothing says that you
will [INAUDIBLE] to a death.
-You will also be [INAUDIBLE]
-Well, haven't you made up
your mind to confess, Yamad?
You'll [INAUDIBLE] then?
-Ah!
-Speak, I tell you!
Who helped you to
organize the conspiracy
against our gracious Queen?
-No.
You can kill me, Oomach.
It's what you wanted
for a long time.
Uh, ah!
Oh, ah!
Dictatorship of women
is about to end, Oomach.
My work will not
remain uncompleted.
Others will find happiness.
Ah, ah!
Ugh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-You, Ubaratutu, whom I
had chosen as my husband,
have dared help this
stranger against me
and against the royal guard.
The Council of State has
condemned you to death.
However, I have decided since
you were my husband, not
to have you executed
immediately,
but only after I have passed
sentence on your friend.
-You've cannot condemn us.
I have done no wrong.
Nor has he.
THE BLACK QUEEN: You, Thor,
lived in the mountains of Har.
Why did you come to my city?
-I've got other Byblos
to save my friend.
-Your friend?
Who are your friends?
-All those who need me.
-The friends you are
seeking of are my prisoners.
Therefore they belong to me.
-You are inhuman and cruel.
And your power is
based on the hunger
of men whom you have
forced into slavery.
-The government
which I overthrew,
and all governments of men,
what is their power based on?
On force.
-Because that is the
characteristic of men,
the use of force.
-You think like that
because you're a man.
But we, after a long period of
slavery under the rule of men,
realized that women
were superior to men.
They procreate children,
they are internally
stronger than men, they know
how to resist physical and moral
pain, therefore
they must command.
I have reduced you to slavery
with the use of force.
Can you free yourself
with the use of force?
We were told by the
Sybil that a strong man
would come and
overthrow my throne.
Are you that man?
-Put me to the proof.
-In the great
arena you will have
to win against the combined
force of 101 of my women.
If you succeed in this,
the throne is yours.
-Here's Babylos.
-We must watch out
for the sentinels.
-We finally found
the secret passage.
Yes, this is it.
I remember it now.
-Get down.
Be careful.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
UBARATUTU: Help!
-That sound like Ubaratutu.
Ubaratutu!
UBARATUTU: This is Ubaratutu!
-In that crevice.
UBARATUTU: Help!
-Help me up.
Coming, Ubaratutu!
Coming!
UBARATUTU: Homolke!
Holmolke!
Help, free me!
Hurry!
Hurry!
Untie me.
Untie me!
Oh, it hurts.
Come here, like that.
Good, Holmolke.
Good boy.
Ah, at last.
-That way.
-That way?
-Yes.
-I can't fit through there.
Now how do we get out?
-Courage.
Courage, I'll help you.
UBARATUTU: Yes.
Come on.
Let's try together.
[GRUNTING]
UBARATUTU: Easy.
Careful, Holmolke.
Easy, easy.
This way.
Come on.
[HORNS SOUNDING]
SOLDIER: Hail to the Queen!
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
-Gladiatrices of
Babylos, you all
do remember the prediction
announced by the Sibyl?
If there exists a man capable
of winning against the combined
strength of 101 of
our strongest women
our matriarchy will
come to an end.
Thor, the powerful man from
Har, will now attempt this feat!
And here is the
squadron of women
against whom he will compete!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-And at the very same time,
in the triangle of death,
Ghebel Gor, the Gladiatrix
who lacks only two victories,
will engage in mortal combat
to obtain her freedom.
[DRUMS PLAYING]
[HORNS SOUNDING]
[HORNS SOUNDING]
[WEAPONS AND SHIELDS CLASHING]
-Ah!
-You coward!
[WEAPONS AND SHIELDS CLASHING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
UBARATUTU: Here they are.
-Get up!
Get up!
-Get up!
-Hurry now!
Hurry, we've come
to liberate you.
Hurry!
Help us push the
grating, together!
All of you!
HOLMOLKE AND LOULI: On you feet!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[WEAPONS AND SHIELDS CLASHING]
-Don't kill me, Tamar.
I promise I'll do anything
you want me to do!
Yes, Tamar, believe me!
I'll speak to the Queen.
Believe me, the
Queen will listen!
She'll save your
life if I ask her to.
Uh!
-Oh!
[GRUNTING AND STRUGGLING]
-Uh, ah!
[SCREAMING]
THOR: Give them weapons, Tamar!
TAMAR: Come on!
The weapons!
-Come on, come on!
[YELLING AND WEAPONS CLASHING]
TAMAR: Holmolke!
-Tamar!
-Holmolke!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
THOR: [LAUGHING] Look out!
TAMAR: Holmolke, watch out!
Ugh!
LOULI: Holmolke, the
Queen is running away!
TAMAR: Ugh!
-Ah!
-Tamar!
Tamar!
-Holmolke, she's dead.
The reign on terror is over.
I give thanks to the gods
who prepare to receive me.
-Do not leave us, Tamar.
Now that your father's
kingdom is yours.
-I did not fight for myself.
I am a woman.
My brother Holmolke
will sit on the throne.
And with him the authority
of men will be restored.
Oh.
Listen, I feel a new
world approaching.
If I should die, promise to
destroy the symbols of violence
and of evil.
-You yourself will
destroy them, Tamar.
You must not leave us.
-I-- oh.
I-- uh.
-Louli, didn't I tell you that
someday you would become Queen?
[LAUGHTER]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
now all is sea and desert there
once existed,
countless ages ago,
a region called [INAUDIBLE]
In these mountains
rose and grew a matriarchal
civilization so frightful
that dim echos of it's
cruelty and violence
have come down to us across
the abyss of 18 thousand years.
The men were considered
inferior beings
and destined from birth
to a condition of slavery.
Forced to work in
the mines, they
had lost the last vestige
of a rebellious spirit.
All power was in the
hands of the women, who,
trained in the arts of
war, spread terror in all
the surrounding countries,
bringing with them everywhere.
The rare women who dared rebel
against this form of government
was segregated and trained
as the Gladiatricies
to fight against each other.
This was the first
time in history
that human beings were
forced to kill one another
in mortal combat, for
the inhuman pleasure
of a blood-thirsty queen.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-I have summoned
you, gracious Queen,
to tell you that your
kingdom will remain
in the hands of
women until such time
as there shall appear a man
so powerful and strong as
to overcome the
concerted strength
of 101 of the
strongest of your one.
He will not combat
with any weapon.
He will exercise only his
bare physical strength.
If you should not succeed
in defeating this man
he will overthrow your throne.
You will seek his name among
the descendants of Thor.
I have told you only that
which time will verify.
-Have a proclamation
issued, Yamad.
Whoever brings me tidings
of a man so powerful
shall be rewarded with
1,000 male slaves.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING RHYTHMICALLY]
-Distant land I once saw
a powerful man rescue
a young maiden sacrificed
to the god Sidac.
This man fought against
a gigantic beast
in it's very cage.
After a long struggle, he
succeeded in killing the beast
with the sole strength
of this bare hands.
-Where is this man?
-Mountains of Har.
-You, now.
-Once, while returning
from the hunts
I saw something incredible.
A man was in a lair, with
very high and jagged walls,
where a family of lions
had made their den.
The wild beasts not only did
not attack him as though fearing
his strength, but
played with him
as though he were their friend.
-Go.
You.
-Your generosity,
oh Queen, permits
you to give heed to one
of your Gladiatricies.
My name is Ghebel Gor.
Will you grant me
freedom, and may I
hope to become part
of your glorious army
if I bring you the
powerful man you seek?
THE BLACK QUEEN: You know him?
How do you know him?
-Yourwal captured
me in the Forrest
of Har, the home of Thor,
for that is he name.
-Thor?
What does that signify, Thor?
-The name Thor derives from
Taris, from whom he descends.
And it is said that his
strength is beyond measure.
-Thor?
Yamad, prepare and
expedition and speed
to the Mountains of Har.
The Gladiatrix Ghebel Gor
will act as your guide.
I want this man brought
before me alive.
MAN: Come on, come on, you.
Hurry up, hurry up.
Round and round we go.
Now, then everybody tumble down.
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
[VILLAGE PEOPLE CHATTERING]
MAN: Round and round,
round and round,
and round, and round, and round.
Faster, faster, round
and round, and round.
Now, then, come on, now,
then everybody tumble down.
CHILD: There's Holmolke!
-Now tell me where you got
this lamb kin, Holmolke.
-While I was fishing I saw a
tiger astride a broken tree
trunk, escaping down the stream.
-A tiger?
Come, take way this lamb kin.
Come, tell me.
Ah, tell me.
-Yes, I saw the tiger.
-You did?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
HOLMOLKE: Now I know why we were
never able to find or face her.
She escapes by leaping
onto a broken trunk
in the middle of the stream.
Killing of our sheep will
end if you would allow
me to go and capture this tiger.
MAN: It's very
dangerous, Holmolke.
How will you be
able to kill her?
-I'll follow her
tracks and you, you
can have them prepare me a trap.
And the most likely--
TAMAR: Sire.
If you will order your
men to prepare the trap
I shall help my
brother kill the tiger.
I'll keep watch near the trap.
-You, Tamar, are a woman.
-Yes.
But Nalian blood runs
through my veins.
-This sign was made at birth
by the King, my father.
My sister has one just like it.
-You'll be king
one day, Holmolke.
MAN: When your father died
I promised I would teach you
the virtues of
courage and justice,
so that one day
you might reconquer
the thrown that
rightfully belongs to you.
Go now, and may the gods
protect your youthfulness.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SHEEP BLEATING]
-This is the hour.
Tamar?
-Shh.
Not so loud.
-Do you know who it was
killed the King, our father?
-Yes.
I know.
It was a conspiracy of women
who wanted to rule over men.
Remember our beautiful
and happy city
beside the lake, and
the tragic night when,
from every direction, there
came warriors on horse back,
who attacked and over
came our defenses.
They destroyed and
killed without pity.
After fighting bravely
until the last breath,
our father was dragged to his
death, bound to a racing steed.
Of our city not a trace
remained, and our people
were made prisoners and taken
away to a destination unknown.
Of our family, only you
and I were able to escape.
But don't think about it now.
It's all very sad.
-One day I shall
avenge my father.
GHEBEL GOR: Here,
this is the place.
-We will approach silently,
so that the strongman won't
be aware of us
until the very last.
Remember that our gracious
Queen wants him alive.
We'll divide into six groups
and surround the area.
You will advance
only at my signal.
You will act as guide.
-If you free me
of my feathers it
will be easier to
show you the way.
YAMAD: Set free Ghebel Gor.
If you try to escape you
will be killed instantly.
-I won't try to escape, Yamad.
YAMAD: The first group, there.
The second group, that way.
The third, down there.
-Tamar, Tamar.
-The tiger.
-Who are they?
-I don't know.
-Now the tiger's gone away.
-But who are they?
They seemed like women.
Strange.
-We must continue our watch.
Let's hope they
go away from here.
-That is Thor, the
man we're looking for.
-If that's him, we
must capture him.
Follow him silently
and surround him.
Then, all together,
we will pounce on him.
Let's go.
-Homolke, the tiger.
-Look, we got him.
Thor!
-Good work.
-Tamar, instead of the
tiger we captured Thor.
We didn't do it on purpose.
THOR: I should think so.
After all, we're
friends, aren't we?
[LAUGHING]
YAMAD: Don't move, if
you hold life dear.
We have come to
capture you, Thor.
You must come with us.
The Queen's to see you.
-I do not know your Queen.
And I do not know why
she wishes to see me.
I am free in this forrest.
A forrest I shall stay.
-Thor, you must come with
us even against your will.
-You go away from here.
Then you must take me by force.
-Seize him!
-Stand back!
Stop, all of you!
I don't fight against women.
Stay back!
Don't move!
Stay where you are!
Stand back!
-Thor.
THOR: I repeat, I do
not fight against women.
Oh.
-Thor.
I'll carry you.
SOLDIER 1: He must be there.
SOLDIER 2: [INAUDIBLE] rock.
SOLDIER 3: He's disappeared.
SOLDIER 4: How can it be?
SOLDIER 5: He seems
to have vanished!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-But you, who are
a friend of Thor,
must know how it was he
was able to disappear.
-I do not know
who you are, but I
see that you are a
prisoner, like me.
And I know you should never have
led these women against Thor.
-No one has ever succeeded in
taking Thor against his will.
And certainly never by women.
-Oh, you keep still.
Uh!
-Ghebel Gor, you stop it.
It's my duty to conduct
the prisoner to Babylos
safe and sound for the
mortal duels in the arena.
GHEBEL GOR: You are
in command, Yamad.
-March on!
-What is your name?
-Tamar.
-We will become
friends, I think.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
YAMAD: Ghebel Gor, come forward.
-Our very own people
have made us prisoners.
-We won't be prisoners
for long, Tamar.
-You are so young, Holmolke.
What can you do?
-Escape and seek
allies among all
the people's of the mountains.
The Nalian kingdom
is ours, Tamar.
And we shall reconquer
Babylos, and you too
must escape and try to
reach the Shepard King.
-Yes, Holmolke, we will keep
the promise made to the king who
has brought us up
as his own children.
YAMAD: The child
will be conducted
to the state camp for children.
Tamar, to the school
for Gladiatricies.
Take them away.
-Tamar!
Tamar!
Tamar!
Tamar!
-They struck you
with this weapon.
In my tribe this weapon was used
to capture wild animals alive.
-What is it?
I've been asleep for three days.
-You see these thorns?
They are dipped in juice
extracted from the berries
of the red plant of
Loc, which has the power
to put to sleep any
animal, even the biggest,
for a-- a week or more.
-They have taken
me for an animal.
-Yes, Master.
-Where are Tamar and Holmolke?
-Who?
I saw you alone.
-They had caught me in
the trap by mistake.
-I heard the voices of women.
Then I saw you falling
from the top of that cliff.
I caught you and
brought you here.
-I must find out what
happened to them.
-No.
Lie still.
-It hurts.
-Let's see.
-Yes, that's it, there.
-Mm.
A bone is out of joint.
I'll put it back in place, but
it's going to be very painful.
-Don't worry about that.
Go ahead and do it.
-Give me your other arm.
Huh!
-Uh!
-How is it?
-Good.
I think it went into place.
-Lie back.
Easy.
Master, now you must lie
still a while to heal up.
You mustn't move
you're shoulder.
-But I cannot stay here.
I must find Tamar and Holmolke.
-But you cannot do anything
with that shoulder.
And if they've
been taken prisoner
you certainly can't
help them now.
You can leave in a day or
so, and I shall wait here
fishing the best salmon for you.
-I expect you to come with me.
-To do what?
-Perhaps to fight.
-Women?
-Come forward, Tamar.
-You are now enrolled in
school for Gladiatricies.
It will be your duty
to exercise your body
and intelligence for combat.
When you have achieved
sufficient preparation
you will fight in the arena, for
the glory of our gracious Queen
and for the delight
of the women of Nalia.
I shall encircle your
arm with 21 rings, a sign
of your qualification
as Gladiatrix.
With each victory in the
arena, we'll remove one ring,
thus bring you
nearer to liberation.
21 victories will mean your
freedom, and the possibility
of becoming part of the glorious
army of the women of Nalia.
If you are brave
and strong, Tamar,
you have nothing to fear.
Any attempt at rebellion
will be punished
immediately with death.
And death is the penalty
if you should refuse
to kill your rival in the
arena when the signal for death
is given.
-How many Gladiatricies
have so far
been able to regain
their freedom?
-You wish to know how many?
Not one.
-Out, out, out, out, out, out.
Lu, come here!
-Ah!
-Go there!
Out, out, out.
-Listen, slave.
Come here, immediately.
If you don't come here
quickly I'll have you whipped.
-What do you want from me?
-I want to know where you
found the skin you're wearing.
-This?
It's the skin of a
bear that I myself
killed while I was out hunting.
-You mean you
killed a real bear?
But bears are wild and ferocious
and live in the forrest.
-I, too, live in the forrest.
And I'm also a hunter.
-Listen, little boy, will you
give me your bear skin dress?
-I cannot.
It is all I have.
-But I'll give you
mine in exchange.
-I would never think of
wearing girls clothes.
-Well, if you really
don't want to.
Why don't we go kill
a bear so I may have
a dress like yours,
which I like so much.
Would you?
-But to kill a bear
one must go deep
into the interior
of the forrest.
-You're afraid, aren't you?
-I'm not afraid, but
I'm a prisoner in here.
-Of course.
All the men in here are
prisoners and cannot run away.
But tonight I shall come
for you and conduct you out
of our city.
-You will?
-But if the Nalian women
see a boy running loose
they'll kill him.
So for this once you
must dress like this.
Very well, if it's
to escape I accept.
You'll bring me a
girls dress then.
-This very night, as soon as
the moon rises try to be here.
-I'll be here.
Huh!
SOLDIER: Get back to your
work you little worm.
Move!
Move!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
SOLDIER: Take her away.
You, too.
Go!
-I haven't been able to find
out anything about my brother.
-Don't you worry, Tamar.
The Nalians don't kill children.
-What do they do with them?
-The children are brought up
in camps run by the state.
And there is no difference
between prisoner boys
and those of the Nalians.
They all share the same fate.
They are raised to be slaves
in the service of women,
and destined to perform
the heaviest labor,
and made to push like
beasts the great wheel
in the grotto where
salt is mined.
-Have you been here long?
-Ever since my people
were annihilated.
The moon has waxed
and waned 14 times.
-Why haven't you
tried to escape?
-My father and my
eight brothers tried
to escape in order to save me.
I saw them killed
before my very eyes.
-You must have
suffered very much.
What can you hope for now?
-I have no choice.
The only hope is
for an early death.
Once before I fought
in the arena, you know.
And my adversary fell in combat.
Fortunately for me, the
signal was to spare her.
-And what if the
signal had been death?
Would you have killed her?
-No.
No, I'd prefer to die myself
rather than kill my opponent.
-The combat which we must
undertake in the arena
gives us, however,
the possibility
of having weapons of our own?
-You forget that among us there
are women like Ghebel Gor.
See her?
She has only two rings left.
If she succeeds in
killing two of us
she will obtain her freedom.
She's the first Gladiatrix
to reach so near the goal.
TAMAR: How does she win?
She doesn't seem so powerful.
-She isn't, in fact.
She has always won
through deception.
Beware of her, Tamar.
-Where are you?
Wake up!
Wake up!
-Hm?
LOULI: Hurry, I
brought you the dress.
Hurry!
Climb over, hurry!
They mustn't discover you.
-How will we be able
to get out of Babylos?
-I know a secret passage.
Trust me, come!
Hurry!
-Ghebel Gor, 19 victories.
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
YAMAD: The purpose
of my visit is
to inspect the state of
training of the Gladiatricies,
and refer the
results to the Queen.
-Today what would you
like to witness, Yamad?
Perhaps the triangle of death?
-I think a simpler mode of
combat designated by chance.
The triangles of
death are better
for the spectators in the arena.
Agarit, come and
select the colors.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
YAMAD: But she's wounded.
-Yes I was wounded while
training yesterday.
-Not her, another.
Go.
GHEBEL GOR: Allow me,
Yamad to offer myself
as a volunteer to fight
against this woman.
-You were not
selected, Ghebel Gor.
You cannot choose.
I shall choose your opponent.
The weapons!
Begin.
May the best win.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SWORDS CLASHING]
-The verdict is death.
-Oomach, but we're in practice.
-To death.
[LABORED BREATHING]
-To death.
-No!
I won't kill her!
Never!
-She must be executed.
-She will be executed by
her own fellow warriors.
No one may disobey the
sacred laws of the state.
SOLDIER: Forward!
Halt!
Right face!
Ready!
She will die for
refusing to kill!
-I'm hungry, Homolke.
We've been walking for days.
-Louli, you wanted the forrest.
Well this is the forrest.
-Look, there!
Here you are, Homolke.
-Eat it, it's good.
-It's very good!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Thor!
-Ah, you're awake.
You must be very hungry.
-Uh huh
-Come, drink this milk.
HOLMOLKE: Yes, Thor.
THOR: Ah, ah.
Where are your manners?
[LAUGHING]
-That's enough, now.
The milk is for Homolke.
Come, drink.
Come on.
Do you remember, Homolke,
the trap you set for me?
Ubaratutu found you
right near that spot.
-Louli's hungry too.
THOR: Drink.
There's also enough for her.
Try to wake her.
See if she wants a little milk.
Go on.
-Louli, Louli.
Louli.
Wake up.
Louli.
THOR: I think
Louli should sleep.
She's very tired.
But you haven't told
me anything about her.
Who is she?
-She's a friend of
mine from Babylos.
It was she who
helped me to escape.
-Where is Tamar?
HOLMOLKE: Tamar is prisoner
of the women of Nalia.
She is destined to
become a Gladiatrix.
Louli told me that they are
compelled to kill each other.
[HORNS SOUNDING]
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[HORNS SOUNDING]
[HORNS SOUNDING]
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SWORDS AND SHIELDS CLASHING]
-Ah!
[SWORDS CLASHING]
-Ah!
FALLEN SOLDIER: No.
No!
Oh, no!
No!
No!
Ah!
-As you see, Tamar,
one can also win.
-Ghebel Gor, you
have won 19 times.
You have killed 19
of our fellow women.
-Do not hold it
against me, Tamar.
I too, for 19 times, have
run the risk of being killed.
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[DRUM BEAT]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Ha!
-Huh, ah!
-Ha.
-Eh.
-Ah.
-Ha!
-Oh!
-Ah!
-Ah!
SOLDIERS: Oh, oh, oh, oh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
[WEAPONS CLASHING]
[GRUNTING]
-Ah!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Ah!
[GRUNTING]
-Ah!
[WEAPONS CLASHING]
-Ah huh!
[CRYING]
GHEBEL GOR: I am
your friend, Tamar.
-Would you still
be if one day we
were to face each
other in the arena?
To win or die?
-I hope I shall never have
to fight against you, Tamar.
You are very gentle.
But also strong.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING]
THOR: Thank you, friends.
HOLMOLKE: Louli,
there's the king!
THOR: Go on!
-Ah.
My dear Homolke.
Oh, oh, ah.
THOR: You see?
I brought you back Homolke.
-This very day we shall
set out in search of allies
to join us in making war
against the Queen of Babylos.
-I shall go with you.
-Make preparations,
two [INAUDIBLE]
THOR: Allow me, oh King, to
help this boy and your people
in the liberation of Babylos.
While you seek alliances
Ubaratutu and I
will attempt to enter the
underground city to find out
what forces they dispose
of, and in what way
it is possible to surprise them,
and liberate their men who are
treated by those women
as nothing but worms.
-Thank you, Thor.
Your offer of help is
too important for me
to refuse lightly.
-We will leave when
the sun goes down.
UBARATUTU: Uh, but Master.
I cannot come with you.
There will be no one here to
protect all these good people.
-You can go in all
tranquility, Ubaratutu.
-But I don't want
to go to a country
where the men are
treated like worms.
-You're coming with
me because this fight
is a fight for justice.
-Mm, uh.
-And you too are a
Nalien, just as I am.
-Yes, Louli.
And one day you will
sit at my side as Queen.
[GIGGLING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
UBARATUTU: These are the
dead bodies of men, Master.
-Then we've arrived.
UBARATUTU: But, Master
do all the men of Babylos
end up like this?
-Many of them do.
UBARATUTU: Oh.
-Ah, come on.
We must go beyond that cliff.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MAN: No, no!
Let go!
SOLDIER: Move!
MAN: I don't want to die!
SOLDIER: Move!
MAN: Let me go!
No!
Don't kill me!
Help!
Help!
No, no!
Help!
Help!
Don't kill me!
Oh, I don't want to die!
Help!
No!
No!
Help!
Oh!
Don't kill me!
Oh, I don't want to die!
-Why do you want to kill him?
What has he done?
-He was the Queen's husband and
she doesn't want him anymore.
MAN: I don't want to die.
THOR: Run away!
SOLDIER: Let me go!
Let me go!
-Ah!
[YELLING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOLDIERS YELLING]
-Uh, huh!
SOLDIER: Who are you, man?
What are you doing here?
-Um, I'm, uh, oh, no.
-Come with us.
March!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Come.
Step up here.
Step up.
Now stand still.
Obey the voice
that you will here.
THE BLACK QUEEN: It
is useless for you
to guess where this
voice is coming from.
Don't be afraid.
Do as I tell you.
Raise your arms.
I said raise your arms.
Relax.
Now flex your muscles.
Display the muscles
of your back.
Now your chest.
That's enough.
I have chosen you as my husband.
-M-- me?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-What are you doing there?
Are you mad?
-If they notice you
they'll kill you.
-Get back to your
work, prisoner.
-I'm not a prisoner.
They were pursuing me
and I hid in this grotto.
But what are you doing?
How is it there
are no overseers?
-The overseers
here are not many.
What use would they be?
After all, there's no
possibility of escape.
We'd all be killed
before we had time
to reach the entrance
to the grotto.
-The life of a man in
here is worth nothing,
much less than
that of an animal.
-But you are stronger than the
women who hold you prisoner.
-They are armed.
We are not.
They are free in their
movements while we
are practically buried
in these caverns.
They are sound in body while
we exist on a handful of food
barely enough for us to survive.
How could we ever think
of gaining freedom?
-You are very strong
and still free.
Run away before
they discover you.
-I have come to this city
purposely to free all of you.
But now I must go away.
Wait for the signal to revolt.
And keep ready.
And if possible, warn
all the other prisoners.
I shall return.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-You will soon witness the
games in the great arena, seated
by my side, as my husband
and king, Ubaratutu.
You deserve the honor.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
-How dare you enter here, man?
-Thor, it's my Master.
Master.
This is my friend Thor.
-Come away and leave this woman.
UBARATUTU: What are
you saying, Thor?
Why, this woman is the Queen.
Don't you understand?
A-- a-- and I'm her husband.
Go on, tell my friend
that I've become the King.
THOR: You are not
king, Ubaratutu.
In a few days this
wicked woman will
have you killed as she had
all her other husbands killed.
She only thirsts
for blood and death.
Come away.
-But, are you really so wicked?
She has done no harm to me.
On the contrary.
Don't be afraid, Thor.
She knows you're my friend.
Isn't that so?
Oh, don't just stand there
looking like a mummy.
THOR: I have come
here to save you.
But it's dangerous
to waste time.
-But I don't need to be saved.
I am the king.
-Don't you understand?
When this woman becomes tired
of you she will have you killed.
-I don't believe you.
THOR: Your throne is
shaking, false Queen.
As free men, we are
here to restore justice.
Ubaratutu, if you
don't come with me
I'll take you away by force.
-No.
THOR: What?
-No.
-No?
-Ooh!
-Ooh!
-Ugh!
Oh!
-Ugh!
-Uh!
Huh!
-Argh!
-Ah!
[GRUNTING]
-Ugh!
Oof!
[GONG SOUNDS}
-Uh.
-Did you call, my Queen?
THE BLACK QUEEN:
Guards, I order you
to seize that man, who
dared to enter here.
Arrest that worm of a man.
-Come.
[GRUNTING AND STRUGGLING]
-How can you allow them
to do this to my friend?
[BOING]
[BOING]
[BOING]
[BOING]
[BOING]
THOR: Ow.
-Thor.
THE BLACK QUEEN:
Good, Ubaratutu.
You struck him neatly.
-Me?
But I didn't mean to strike him.
THE BLACK QUEEN: No?
Who did you want to strike then?
-Thor was my Master.
I wanted to help him.
THE BLACK QUEEN:
Then you will share
the same destiny as your friend.
Take him away.
-What you're saying?
I'm the king.
How can you?
-No, you are no longer king.
UBARATUTU: What?
Then what Thor said is true.
You are a wicked woman and
always changing husbands.
-Step aside.
Take him away.
-That's why your
throne is shaking.
Because you're wicked.
Yes, a wicked woman, that's
what you are, a wicked woman.
[HORNS SOUNDING]
YAMAD: Pick your weapons.
-Give me that weapon, it's mine.
-Stop it!
I order the immediate
suspension of all practice.
And let each warrior
retire to her own cell.
-Holmolke, are you
sure it was here you
were to meet your
warrior allies?
-Of course.
These are the streams of Sedec.
-No one has come.
They have abandoned you.
-Oh, unfortunately everyone
is afraid of making
war against the women of Nalia.
Our very own people
have deserted us.
-I know why, because
no one has the courage
to fight against Babylos.
Even without allies we
can still do something.
If we find the secret passage
we can liberate Tamar.
-We who?
-We three.
Are you afraid?
-You are right, my child.
We shall go.
So forward, to Babylos.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-What are you
dreaming of, Tamar?
-The distant mountains of Har.
Huh?
-What is this sign?
-I don't know.
-But I do.
It was the sign of the
royal family of Babylos.
-How do you know?
-Of the royal family
the only ones to escape
were a girl and a young
boy, heirs to the throne,
children of the old king.
-You wish to denounce me?
Do so.
-I shall not
denounce you, Tamar.
-Why do you tell me this, Yamad?
-We have need of you, Tamar.
You must help us.
And you will gain your kingdom.
-And why?
Why do you have need of me?
Tell me, who are you, Yamad?
-I am Captain General
of the Nalian army,
responsible for the
Gladiatricies and--
-And?
-And leader of conspiracy
to overthrow the Queen,
and put an end to her
ferocious dictatorship.
We must be cautious, Tamar.
This place is
swarming with spies.
And even I, who enjoy the
confidence of the Queen,
am always watched by my
General's staff, ever ready
to get rid of me at the
first sign of weakness.
-But if you are the leader
of this conspiracy why
do you lead the
armies of the Queen?
Why do you spread death
and destruction everywhere?
Why do you have the
Gladiatricies put to death
as you did with
the gentle Agarit?
Why are you so inhuman
and insensible?
-Do you think I like
acting this way?
I must do it.
-I believe in you, Yamad.
And I am ready to
do whatever you say.
But how long is it since you
decided to act in this manner?
-Ever since I realized
that the rule of women
was a most frightful and
horrible form of government.
Ever since they killed
the man I loved.
Ever since they took
away my children
and put them in state camps.
Ever since I began to understand
that a woman cannot deprive
herself of every
human sentiment,
in the name of a
superiority the nature
never meant to assign to them.
-Yamad, you have lived
this double life in order
to be able to free our people.
-Yes.
But now we are about
to go into action.
The men whom the Queen has
reduced to slaves in the mines
have already been informed, and
await the signal for revolt.
Keep ready, Tamar.
Tonight I'll help you
leave here and hide you.
You belong to the people
who must be liberated.
And you will be the
symbol of the restoration.
-I shall do all you
tell me to, Yamad.
For me and for my brother,
the king of Babylos.
My brother is young.
I have survived the slaughter
of my family bringing to safety
little Holmolke,
educating him in secret,
attending the day of vengeance.
When I have reconquered for
him the throne of our fathers
you can ask for
anything you wish.
-My best reward would be to
build a happy life again,
at the side of a man
who is stronger than I.
-Have faith, Yamad.
-The two of them are traitrices.
-What do you know?
-Just overheard a
conversation Yamad
had with Tamar in her cell.
Your Captain General is
leader of a conspiracy
to overthrow your
throne and to kill you.
-And the other?
GHEBEL GOR: The other is
daughter of the last king
of Babylos, whom you,
oh gracious Queen,
thanks to your
wisdom, did overthrow.
The marks on her shoulder
is proof that I do not lie.
-The conspiracy has failed.
But others will rise
after my death who
will put an end to the
mad dictatorship of women.
Those are the women you will
have at your side, false Queen.
Women like Ghebel Gor.
-Your life will be spared,
Yamad, only if you give me
the names of those
who helped you
to weave such a
conspiracy against me.
-No one helped me.
-Take her away!
And as for you,
you were sentenced,
and your family was
sentenced many years
ago, to the penalty of death.
GHEBEL GOR: My gracious Queen.
-Speak.
What do you wish?
-If the people knew
that in Babylos there
is the heir to the king
whom you overthrew,
they would begin to
become superstitious.
Besides which, by having her
publicly condemned to death
how could this fact
be kept secret?
-What do you propose?
-My gracious Queen.
You must know that only
two more victories now
separate me from
acquiring my freedom.
Let me fight against Tamar, and
another, whom I shall select,
granting me the
choice of weapon.
Thus the problem of eliminating
this woman without scandal
will be solved.
-When you have won and acquired
your much longed for freedom,
you will have earned
the highest position
in the army, which
is now vacant.
That of Captain
General of Nalia.
TAMAR: Nothing says that you
will [INAUDIBLE] to a death.
-You will also be [INAUDIBLE]
-Well, haven't you made up
your mind to confess, Yamad?
You'll [INAUDIBLE] then?
-Ah!
-Speak, I tell you!
Who helped you to
organize the conspiracy
against our gracious Queen?
-No.
You can kill me, Oomach.
It's what you wanted
for a long time.
Uh, ah!
Oh, ah!
Dictatorship of women
is about to end, Oomach.
My work will not
remain uncompleted.
Others will find happiness.
Ah, ah!
Ugh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-You, Ubaratutu, whom I
had chosen as my husband,
have dared help this
stranger against me
and against the royal guard.
The Council of State has
condemned you to death.
However, I have decided since
you were my husband, not
to have you executed
immediately,
but only after I have passed
sentence on your friend.
-You've cannot condemn us.
I have done no wrong.
Nor has he.
THE BLACK QUEEN: You, Thor,
lived in the mountains of Har.
Why did you come to my city?
-I've got other Byblos
to save my friend.
-Your friend?
Who are your friends?
-All those who need me.
-The friends you are
seeking of are my prisoners.
Therefore they belong to me.
-You are inhuman and cruel.
And your power is
based on the hunger
of men whom you have
forced into slavery.
-The government
which I overthrew,
and all governments of men,
what is their power based on?
On force.
-Because that is the
characteristic of men,
the use of force.
-You think like that
because you're a man.
But we, after a long period of
slavery under the rule of men,
realized that women
were superior to men.
They procreate children,
they are internally
stronger than men, they know
how to resist physical and moral
pain, therefore
they must command.
I have reduced you to slavery
with the use of force.
Can you free yourself
with the use of force?
We were told by the
Sybil that a strong man
would come and
overthrow my throne.
Are you that man?
-Put me to the proof.
-In the great
arena you will have
to win against the combined
force of 101 of my women.
If you succeed in this,
the throne is yours.
-Here's Babylos.
-We must watch out
for the sentinels.
-We finally found
the secret passage.
Yes, this is it.
I remember it now.
-Get down.
Be careful.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
UBARATUTU: Help!
-That sound like Ubaratutu.
Ubaratutu!
UBARATUTU: This is Ubaratutu!
-In that crevice.
UBARATUTU: Help!
-Help me up.
Coming, Ubaratutu!
Coming!
UBARATUTU: Homolke!
Holmolke!
Help, free me!
Hurry!
Hurry!
Untie me.
Untie me!
Oh, it hurts.
Come here, like that.
Good, Holmolke.
Good boy.
Ah, at last.
-That way.
-That way?
-Yes.
-I can't fit through there.
Now how do we get out?
-Courage.
Courage, I'll help you.
UBARATUTU: Yes.
Come on.
Let's try together.
[GRUNTING]
UBARATUTU: Easy.
Careful, Holmolke.
Easy, easy.
This way.
Come on.
[HORNS SOUNDING]
SOLDIER: Hail to the Queen!
-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
-Gladiatrices of
Babylos, you all
do remember the prediction
announced by the Sibyl?
If there exists a man capable
of winning against the combined
strength of 101 of
our strongest women
our matriarchy will
come to an end.
Thor, the powerful man from
Har, will now attempt this feat!
And here is the
squadron of women
against whom he will compete!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-And at the very same time,
in the triangle of death,
Ghebel Gor, the Gladiatrix
who lacks only two victories,
will engage in mortal combat
to obtain her freedom.
[DRUMS PLAYING]
[HORNS SOUNDING]
[HORNS SOUNDING]
[WEAPONS AND SHIELDS CLASHING]
-Ah!
-You coward!
[WEAPONS AND SHIELDS CLASHING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
UBARATUTU: Here they are.
-Get up!
Get up!
-Get up!
-Hurry now!
Hurry, we've come
to liberate you.
Hurry!
Help us push the
grating, together!
All of you!
HOLMOLKE AND LOULI: On you feet!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[WEAPONS AND SHIELDS CLASHING]
-Don't kill me, Tamar.
I promise I'll do anything
you want me to do!
Yes, Tamar, believe me!
I'll speak to the Queen.
Believe me, the
Queen will listen!
She'll save your
life if I ask her to.
Uh!
-Oh!
[GRUNTING AND STRUGGLING]
-Uh, ah!
[SCREAMING]
THOR: Give them weapons, Tamar!
TAMAR: Come on!
The weapons!
-Come on, come on!
[YELLING AND WEAPONS CLASHING]
TAMAR: Holmolke!
-Tamar!
-Holmolke!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
THOR: [LAUGHING] Look out!
TAMAR: Holmolke, watch out!
Ugh!
LOULI: Holmolke, the
Queen is running away!
TAMAR: Ugh!
-Ah!
-Tamar!
Tamar!
-Holmolke, she's dead.
The reign on terror is over.
I give thanks to the gods
who prepare to receive me.
-Do not leave us, Tamar.
Now that your father's
kingdom is yours.
-I did not fight for myself.
I am a woman.
My brother Holmolke
will sit on the throne.
And with him the authority
of men will be restored.
Oh.
Listen, I feel a new
world approaching.
If I should die, promise to
destroy the symbols of violence
and of evil.
-You yourself will
destroy them, Tamar.
You must not leave us.
-I-- oh.
I-- uh.
-Louli, didn't I tell you that
someday you would become Queen?
[LAUGHTER]
[MUSIC PLAYING]