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Auction History Result 1t365 AMOK Danish program '35 Fyodor Otsep, cool cover art by Erik Frederiksen! Date Sold 4/24/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1935 (from the first release of this movie in Denmark) Vintage Theatrical Danish Movie Program (measures 5 1/2" x 8" [14 x 20 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) Amok, the 1934 (released in England in 1940 and in the U.S. in 1946) Fyodor Otsep French romantic medical doctor melodrama ("Banned by the Censor"; about a doctor living in a Dutch colony in the tropics; there the natives are dying from a mysterious disease that causes them to go mad, and it is called "Amok", but the doctor has added problems with a woman who wants him to give her an abortion, and he refuses, so she gets one from a Chinese woman, with disastrous consequences) starring Marcelle Chantal, Jean Yonnel, Valery Inkjinoff, Jean Servais, and Hubert Daix. Note that the subject matter of this movie caused it to be banned in both the U.S. and England. The ban was removed in England in 1940 and in the U.S. in 1946. Movie paper of any type from this movie is extremely rare! Finally, note that the phrase "running amok" is commonly used today, to refer to someone "snapping under pressure" and acting violently in an irrational way. But you probably never wondered where the word "amok" came from! It is from the disease described in this movie, which was first seen by Captain Cook in the South Seas in the 1770s, and was observed in topical countries by western doctors for many years after, and it was the subject matter of this movie! Artist: Erik Frederiksen Important Added Info: Note that we have pictured the front cover, the back cover, and an interior 2-page spread from this program. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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