Mara Gitan (Il Marchio Di Kriminal)

Mara Gitan (Helga Line) is a villainess in the 1968 French thriller “Il Marchio Di Kriminal”, which translates to “The Mark of Kriminal”. This film was a sequel to the 1966 Italian film “Kriminal”, which Helga Line also appeared in.
The bandit Kriminal (Glenn Saxson) accidentally discovers inside an ancient porcelain statuette a fragment of a map relating to the place where a famous outlaw, before being executed, had managed to hide two precious canvases. Kriminal immediately begins the research to recover three other statuettes, similar to the one in his possession, containing the fragments necessary to complete the map.
His investigations are successful. However, one statuette is stolen which makes it impossible to identify the place where the paintings are hidden. He figures out that the statuette may be in the hands of two adventurers, Mara Gitan and Robson (Armando Francioli). 
Kriminal visits with Robson (Armando Francioli) at his office and notices a picture of a dancer Mara Gitan.
On a trip to Madrid, Kriminal entered a nightclub and watched up on stage Mara Gitan perform a flamenco dance. Leaving the club early, Kriminal broke into her apartment and was able to locate remnants of the stolen statuette. However, just as he did, Mara showed up with a pistol. Kriminal was able to take the pistol away from her and then seduce her into her bed. Afterwards, he left back through the window and Mara used the phone to contact Robson.
Kriminal next appeared disguised on a cruise ship along with Mara and Robson. Mara sneaks into Kriminal’s cabin and steals the other fragment. She then planted stolen jewellery and Kriminal’s costume in an unsuspecting passenger named Thomas Patterson (Tomas Pico). 
Arriving at the port of Beirut, Kriminal ditched his disguise and followed Mara by car. Mara ended up going to a large complex where she met Robson and presented him with the two map fragments.
Kriminal stalks them and then uses his costume to scare away their guides at the archaeological site. He then enters their tent where he ties Robson up. Mara attempts to flee, but she is choked by Kriminal until she passes out. When she comes to, she begins to recognize Kriminal from his disguise on the boat. He pulls out the map fragments and reaches an agreement that they will work together to find the hidden paintings and share the proceeds equally. However, he doesn’t fully trust them, so he ties them up in his jeep while trying to locate the entrance to the site. He then used Robson and Mara to do the dirty work with the pick and shovel. Once they found the entrance, Kriminal was able to locate the case. With his back to them, Robson attempted to kill him with the pick. After finding the precious paintings he left them there in the underground tomb. When they attempted to leave, Kriminal used gunfire to persuade them from exiting. He then set off explosives near the entrance. After driving away in his jeep, several explosions take place entombing both Mara and her lover Robson.
Kriminal returns to his base. However, the unexpected arrival of Inspector Patrick Milton (Andrea Bosic), who has been on his trail for some time, disrupts his plans. In an attempt to escape capture, Kriminal crashes his car into a ravine.
==Trivia==
*Helga Line appeared as Miss Eleonore, the Housekeeper in the 1963 Italian horror film, "The Blancheville Monster".
*Helga Line appeared as Taneal in the 1964 Peplum film, "Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon".
*Helga Line appeared as Aspasia in the 1964 Italian peplum film "The Revolt of the Seven".
*Helga Line appeared as Solange in the 1965 Italian horror film "Nightmare Castle".
*Helga Line appeared as Inge/Trude in the 1966 Italian crime film "Kriminal".
*Helga Line appeared as Hilde in the 1966 Italian Eurospy film "Special Mission Lady Chaplin".
*Helga Line appeared as Gloria in the 1967 Italian action film "Mister-X".
*Helga Line appeared as Marlene Schulman in the 1970 film, "Churchill's Leopards".
*Helga Line appeared as Matilde in the 1971 film, "Long Live Robin Hood".
*Helga Line appeared as Maybelle in the 1971 Spaghetti Western "Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest".
*Helga Line appeared as Mabille De Lancre in the 1973 film, "Horror Rises from the Tomb".
*Helga Line appeared as Sara in the 1973 sci-fi film "Santo vs Doctor Death".
*Helga Line appeared as Lorelei in the 1974 film, "The Lorelay's Grasp".
*Helga Line appared as Zanufer in the 1975 Spanish horror film, "The Mummy's Revenge".
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