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Flatfoot in Africa

1978 · 115 min · Director: Steno ★ IMDb 6.2 · 4,271 ratings

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Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediately before this meeting the South African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his young son Bodo. Rizzo travels to Johannesburg to find out what the policeman was working on and to find Bodo.

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Flatfoot in Africa (1978) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 28 %, then dips around 57 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor60 %35 %42 %43 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sympathy59 %25 %35 %45 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor51 %30 %28 %39 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity53 %43 %29 %32 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Humor61 %56 %24 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor66 %66 %24 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Humor63 %60 %33 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Curiosity57 %53 %28 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Humor61 %49 %29 %31 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Tension59 %39 %39 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Humor49 %31 %29 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Curiosity49 %31 %24 %45 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Curiosity56 %39 %40 %50 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Tension65 %40 %59 %49 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Tension69 %34 %64 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Curiosity68 %34 %60 %53 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Tension73 %38 %69 %43 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Tension78 %41 %65 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Relief74 %44 %33 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Relief68 %48 %8 %20 %
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Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

WP
Werner Pochath

WP
Werner Pochath

Spiros

JS
Joe Stewardson

CT
Carel Trichardt

DT
Desmond Thompson

BD
Baldwyn Dakile

GB
Giancarlo Bastianoni

GB
Giancarlo Bastianoni

Smollet's Henchman

FC
Franco Cirino

Polizist in Neapel

GC
Giorgio Cerioni

Mitarbeiter in der Diamantenmine

EC
Ester Carloni

Maria, tabaco seller

RE
Rita Ehlers

Helga

CR
Carlo Reali

Edmonds' assistant

JJ
Jos Jansen

Van Dyck

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua

Bus Hooligan (uncredited)

CR
Claudio Ruffini

Henchman in the local (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Steno
Written by
Giovanni Simonelli, Franco Verucci, Adriano Bolzoni, Rainer Brandt, Rainer Brandt
Type
Movies
Released
1978
Runtime
115 min
Country
Germany, Italy
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 4,271 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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