Damn it and alleluia
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Verflucht, damn und Halleluja (FRG) A gentleman in the Wild West (GDR) |
| Original title | E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico |
| Country of production | Italy , France , Yugoslavia |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Enzo Barboni (as EB Clucher ) |
| script | Enzo Barboni |
| production | Alberto Grimaldi |
| music | Oliver Onions |
| camera | Aldo Giordani |
| cut |
Eugenio Alabiso Enzo Ocone |
| occupation | |
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Verflucht, Verdamm und Halleluja , published in the GDR under the title A Gentleman in the Wild West , is a feature film with Terence Hill , made in the early 1970s and directed by EB Clucher alias Enzo Barboni .
The film is set in the Wild West , at the time of the railway construction - at the end of the film it is mentioned that it was the year 1880. A recurring motif is the progressive modernization , against which some of the protagonists are trying to defend themselves. The film premiere in Germany took place in September 1972.
action
The young English nobleman Joe Moore comes to the Wild West. At the request of his late father, he joins his old friends, the stagecoach robbers “Monkey”, “Preacher” (often called Holy in the film) and “Bull”. His father got to know her after he had to leave England at the time due to a woman's story and the resulting conflicts with " Vicky von Kent " ( Queen Victoria ).
The characters are introduced in turn during Joe's arrival, starting with Bull, who works in a stagecoach station masked as a deaf-mute. After Bull has learned from overhearing bounty hunters that the Englishman , Joe's father, is dead, he sets off and finds the preacher in a small town who is giving a fiery sermon in the church, in front of an audience of drunkards and light girls who, like the pianola, he had to move from the saloon to the church beforehand. Together they finally set out for Yuma , where the third member, Monkey, is in prison. With a ruse they manage to free Monkey. Then they head to their gang's old hiding place, a lonely log cabin in the mountains. On the way there, they masked the carriage in which Joe is sitting, who is also on the way to the hut.
Once there, Joe is inspecting the property on which the log cabin stands when suddenly the walking stick is shot away from him. The three crooks assume that he wants the money stolen from the stagecoach robbery back. The situation quickly clears up when Joe shows the three of them a picture of himself and his father and hands them a letter from his father.
In the letter, his father asks the three of them to make the progress-loving Joe a "real man". At first they fail miserably because Joe doesn't want to touch a gun and prefers to sit on his bike than on a horse. This changes when he gets to know Candida, the daughter of a large landowner. Joe is taken by this immediately when she asks in the junk shop in the village for books from Lord Byron , which he can get for her unlike the dealer. Candida returns his affection. Since Morton, the rough steward of Candida's father, is also interested in the girl, there are several fights in which Joe initially pulls the short straw. Only after an intensive course in beating, shooting and spitting, which his buddies give him, does Joe manage not only to put Morton in his place, but also to convince Candida's father of his abilities, and it comes to a happy ending . However, Monkey, Bull and the preacher are leaving the city, which is now where progress has made its way. Before this they flee to the west. In the last scene of the film they reach the Pacific and are startled to hear the whistling of a steam locomotive not too far away .
Running gags
The film contains several running gags . Two bounty hunters are hot on the heels of the three friends . Every time they meet, the bounty hunters overlook one of the three, who as a result appears behind their backs when they are about to settle accounts with the others. Bull then hits their heads every time on a table that bursts in the process, which is why the bounty hunters wear more bandages with each subsequent encounter.
Another running gag is the calendar problem: Every day is a Saturday for the three western heroes, which is why Joe has difficulties coordinating appointments with them.
There is also Puschi , a Yorkshire terrier that Bull stole from a lady during a robbery and which he usually carries around with him. Every time he hands it over to another person, they have to wipe their hands off afterwards, because the dog obviously has bladder weakness.
Reviews
Cinema magazine gave the film its top rating and described it as an “ intelligent, enjoyable western parody ”. The Süddeutsche Zeitung judged: “ Seldom has a film played with the basic patterns of the genre in a more intelligent, revealing and at the same time more loving way. Barboni has succeeded in making a thoughtful, happy, enchantingly calm and turbulently beautiful film. “The lexicon of international films meant that it is a “ largely enjoyable western parody, the entertainment value of which is somewhat impaired by some lengths and the rude German dialogue ” .
Remarks
The film songs "Don't Lose Control" and "Jesus Come to My Heart" are interpreted by Gene Roman and Nora Orlandi , respectively .
Web links
- Man of the East in the Internet Movie Database (English)