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Art Hansl Starring in Mission Apocalypse, 1966, a James Bond Ripoff European Movie, a Real Classic

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Channel: Michael B. Butler Books · 2011 · Entertainment

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Art Hansl Movie Clip: Class B-movie clip of Art Hansl, actor and author, starring in Mission Apocalypse that was filmed in Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia and Morocco in 1966.  It was a European James Bond rip-off that lealding man Art Hansl was filming off and on during his ten-year acting career, five in Europe and five in South America, from 1965 to 1975.  

Note that alongside the road, which ran from Casablanca to Marrakesh, the slave-traders bringing their wares to the market.  

It was during the filming in Zagreb, Yugoslavia that Art Hansl met a pretty young singer, who was performing at the hotel, and ended up getting her cast in the Mission Apocalypse to replace an actress who dropped out.  The upshot was she went to Rome to continue filming and she never went back behind the Iron Curtain, then she met an American after Hansl set her to a party at the U.S. Embassy and she ended up in the states, a live changed by Art Hansl while making a movie behind the Iron Curtain.  
Art Hansl starred in European movies from 1965 to 1970 and then moved to Mexico from 1970 to 1975 that led to a number o leading roles around Central and South America.  After his movie career, Art Hansl took what he learned in the movie business and combined it with his ability to write and tell stories into a successful career writing suspense thrillers.   

For more about Art Hansl go to www.ArtHansl.com

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