Plot Synopsis:
Kaliman, The Incredible Man is one of best known superheroes ever created in Latin America (though curiously, the character himself isn’t Latino.)
Kaliman is a legendary magician/hero character. Dark skin and blue eyes, he is a mestizo. He was raised as a prince somewhere near Pakistan, but learned the secrets of the Tibetan monks. He has wealth, psychic powers, knowledge, and high moral values. He travels with an Egyptian child, “Solin”. Kaliman born as a radio series and soon have his own comic book. Starting with sales of 150,000 a week. It reached sales of 3,500,000 a week.
This first Kaliman film is perhaps the highest budgeted of any Mexican sci-fi film. Shooted in Egipt, with actors form Canada, Spain, Italy and Egypt. The film was processed in Italy, so it has a better color quality than most American films from that time.Read More »