The fort of brave women
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The fort of brave women |
| Original title | The Guns of Fort Petticoat |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 78 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Marshall |
| script | Walter Doniger |
| production | Harry Joe Brown |
| music | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| camera | Ray Rennahan |
| cut | Al Clark |
| occupation | |
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The Fort of the brave women (original title: The Guns of Fort Petticoat ) is an American western from 1957. Directed by George Marshall ; the script is based on the story Petticoat Brigade by the writer Chester William Harrison . The German-language premiere was on July 6, 1957.
action
In the middle of the Civil War, Lieutenant Frank Hewitt returns to Texas, his homeland. As soon as he's back, there are already the first feuds. A peaceful Indian tribe is senselessly slaughtered at the orders of an ambitious Northern officer. The Indians swear revenge on this. Hewitt decides to prepare the defenseless and defenseless farmer women in the area for the reprisals and trains them militarily. In an old mission station, Hewitt teaches the courageous ladies how to use the gun. When the Indians finally attack, Hewitt and his brave fighters manage to repel the redskins. When Hewitt returns to his military unit, however, he is sentenced as a deserter by the court martial. His petticoat ladies get him out of the woods.
criticism
The lexicon of international films noted with disappointment: “The original idea was given away by a half-baked script and the accumulation of dull fighting.” Joe Hembus also says that director Marshall “couldn't quite get along with these petticoats. A better script ”might have shown him the way to his goal of“ travesting male heroism ”.
Web links
- The Guns of Fort Petticoat in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The fort of courageous women zweausendeins.de. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ Joe Hembus : The Western Lexicon. 1567 films from 1894 to the present day . Extended new edition by Benjamin Hembus. Munich 1995, p. 2134