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The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan

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The glorious and tragic story of American athlete and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84), Olympic swimmer, water polo player and the only true Tarzan, an archetypal character and myth of cinema, that of the original Hollywood blockbusters (1932-48).

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2004-08-22

Runtime: 52 mins

Director: Florin Iepan

Spoken language: English, Deutsch

Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie

Original title: The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan

Production Companies: Westend Film & TV, ZDF, ARTE, ORF, YLE, TVR, AVRO

Production Countries: Austria, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Romania

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