Who knows the story of Allen Kautman? Thank you.

Allen Quarterman is the hero of a series of novels by H Ryder Haggard, a famous British adventure novelist. This series of novels is not rigorous and inevitable, but several series are obvious, such as Zulu trilogy. As for movies, from the end of 19 to the beginning of the 20th century, the earliest time to be put on the screen should be1919 (IMDB: TT 0441102).

Since then, he has become the protagonist of a series of films, especially the exotic adventure film (Africa), which was still remake by the end of the 20th century. This may also have influenced the emergence of the raiders of the lost ark series and Dr. Jones of Indiana. After all, their styles are very close, as shown in the following figure:

At first, Kutman was set as a pre-colonial bounty hunter, spreading European civilization in dark Africa and supporting indigenous human rights. He grew up in Africa and accepted Protestantism, but he was supported by the local people. But he was born in a single-parent immigrant family, cared for by aborigines more than taught by his father, and instilled by African traditional culture more than Protestantism and European civilization. His real name is "Macumazahn", which means "the one who stands out (after all, he is the only black child with fair skin)". The nickname is "Night Watch" because of his keen night vision, intuition and a series of excellent hunter performances.

What is more noteworthy is that Kutman, as a person who lives in the same place as a captain of the Royal Navy, a former British parliamentary knight and an African indigenous friend, is obviously an image with ethnic and cultural conflicts and religious overtones in the pre-colonial era. The place where he lives is exactly South Africa (Durban area in Natal). In the last century, he was the most immigrant among European colonies, or today, his image is more like a Boer.

In Kutman's series of novels and films, his activities are mainly in Africa, including but not limited to Cleopatra's region. So in "The League of Gentlemen", his problem was further elaborated (at the end of the film, his African friend Umslopogaas said that Mother Earth brought him back to life, which involved the legend of the living dead, so I won't go into details).

In a word, Allen Kutman is a character gradually forgotten by time. As far as literary image is concerned, perhaps he bears more conflicts and sorrows than challenges and adventures.