Tales of Innocence is the sixteenth film in The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. It is edited together from The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "Northern Italy, June 1918" and from a newly developed "Morocco, 1917" segment, written and shot for home video after the television series' cancellation.
Publisher's summary[]
VHS release[]
Italy, 1918
In Chapter 16 in the complete adventures of Indiana Jones, Indy witnesses a myriad of romantic misadventures when he joins the French Foreign Legion.
In Italy, Indy's espionage work takes him behind enemy lines where he embarks on an important propaganda assignment that he hopes will bring a swift end to the war. Along the way, he engages in a comic rivalry with Ernest Hemingway over the affections of a beautiful Italian girl. After being wounded in action, Indy is transferred to North Africa where he joins the French Foreign Legion. While trying to uncover the identity of a traitor in his own ranks, Indy battles hostile Berber tribesmen and engages in an innocent flirtation with author Edith Wharton.
DVD release[]
Indy is undercover in the Italian Alps, stirring discontent and desertion among the Austrian ranks. But he's distracted, infatuated by a beautiful girl in town named Giulietta. While Indy's off at the battle-lines, another man starts wooing her with bigger gifts and more grandiose tokens of affection. Distraught, Indy seeks advice from an American ambulance driver, Ernest Hemingway. They form a fast friendship, but it quickly sours when they realize they're competing for the same goal.
Morocco, 1917
Indy's next assignment takes him to North Africa. Serving undercover for the French Foreign Legion, Indy has to discover who is secretly supplying arms to the Berber rebels in Morocco. Those in command suspect a traitorous legionnaire. To facilitate his cover, Indy travels as a companion to American novelist Edith Wharton. The two forge a strong connection through innocent flirtation, one that raises the attention of journalist Lowell Thomas of the U.S. Information Service.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Indiana Jones
- Edith Wharton
- Giulietta
- Ernest Hemingway
- Mamma
- Ettore
- Colonel Bonnet
- Lowell Thomas
- Sheikh Kamal
- Colonel Serre
- General Lyautey
- Umberto
- Granny
- Vosko
- Luigi
- Joe
- Alfredo (Pictured only)
- Guido Mestiere
- Sofia
- Nancy Stratemeyer (Mentioned only)
- Vicky Prentiss (Mentioned only)
- Mata Hari (Mentioned only)
- Thomas Edward Lawrence (Mentioned only)
Creatures[]
Cultures[]
- Berber
Events[]
- Running of the Bulls (Mentioned only)
- World War I
Locations[]
- Italy
- Italian Alps
- Venice
- Basilica of St Mary of Health
- Doge's Palace
- San Giorgio Maggiore
- Morocco
- Casablanca
- Fort Comis
- Hidron
- Kasbah
- Ouzoud Falls
- Paris (Mentioned only)
- Princeton (Mentioned only)
- Spain (Mentioned only)
- Pamplona (Mentioned only)
- Versailles (Mentioned only)
Organizations and titles[]
- French Foreign Legion
- French Intelligence
- Sheikh
Behind the scenes[]
Continuity[]
Assembled from the episode "Northern Italy, June 1918" and footage shot for "Morocco, 1917", the story is presented as having the events of Northern Italy occur prior to Morocco, bridged by a trip to Venice, where Indiana Jones continues his recovery from his wounds in the Italian Alps, and then is sent to North Africa. However, the real Edith Wharton traveled to Morocco in 1917 (and later wrote In Morocco) and the historical Ernest Hemingway did not arrive in Italy as an ambulance driver until June 1918 (and injured on July 8, 1918) creating an inconsistency with real-world history.
Although the Morocco segment was written as "Morocco, 1918", the VHS and DVD nevertheless dates Tales of Innocence as 1917, reflecting dialogue by Jones where he references his having served in Arabia earlier that year which was depicted in "Palestine, October 1917".
Home video[]
VHS cover
The film was released on VHS as Chapter 16 in the Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones series. It was later released on DVD in 2008 as part of the Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Three, The Years of Change (disc 1). The disc also contains four companion historical documentaries.
Companion documentaries[]
- Unhealed Wounds - The Life of Ernest Hemingway
- The Secret Life of Edith Wharton
- Lowell Thomas - American Storyteller
- The French Foreign Legion - The World's Most Legendary Fighting Force
External links[]
Chapter 16: Tales of Innocence on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)- Chapter 16: Tales of Innocence on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org) (Update)
- Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Volume 3 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- Young Indy on DVD: A Tour of Volume 3: Disc 1 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- Tales of Innocence Education Resources and Lesson Plans at IndyInTheClassroom.com
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