Zanzibar

Zanzibar

Captured...a victim for the sacrificial altar...because she dared solve the secret of the darkest continent!

NR 1940 · 70 min · ★ 9.0 · Adventure

A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.

Directed by Harold D. Schuster · Written by Maurice Tombragel

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