The Bastard (1968)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The bastard |
| Original title | I bastardi |
| Country of production | Italy , France , Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Duccio Tessari |
| script |
Ennio De Concini , Mario Di Nardo , Duccio Tessari |
| production | Turi Vasile |
| music |
Michel Magne , Carlo Rustichelli |
| camera | Carlo Carlini |
| cut | Mario Morra |
| occupation | |
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The Bastard (original title: I bastardi ) is an Italian - French - German gangster film , a so-called Poliziottesco , by Duccio Tessari with Giuliano Gemma , Klaus Kinski and Rita Hayworth from 1968.
action
Jason and Adam are two seasoned gangster brothers. Her mother Martha, who likes to pick up the bottle every now and then, hopes that she can spend her birthday with her two sons. Jason, who has just looted over $ 200,000 worth of jewels in Phoenix , is ambushed with his two accomplices by members of a rival gang. In the next fight, Jason is the only one who survives.
As if nothing had happened, a short time later he and brother Adam celebrate the birthday of his mother, who wants nothing more than that her sons get along well. Jason then spends a few days with his girlfriend Karen, not realizing that Adam has decided to steal the stolen jewels from him. To do this, Adam first steals Jason's car and has it searched. But the diamonds cannot be found. To find the hiding place of the prey, Adam and his men attack Jason and Karen. Even when they ruin Jason's firing hand, Jason's firing hand refuses to speak. Only when Adam starts to rape Karen does Jason reluctantly give in and reveal the whereabouts of the precious stones. However, he is shocked to discover that Karen is in truth on his brother's side and had betrayed him all along.
Tied up and exhausted, Jason is found two days later by the farmer Barbara and nursed him benevolently to health. Swearing in revenge, he taught himself to shoot with his left, still intact hand. When he goes to his mother with Barbara, she tells him that Adam and Karen have traveled to Mexico . So he decides to follow his brother and Karen alone to settle the bill. Arriving in Mexico, Karen is preceded by a violent earthquake that kills her. Adam is injured by the sudden force of nature, but he lives - buried under rubble. When Jason finds him, he doesn't hesitate to free him, but only to then mercilessly shoot him.
background
The bastard was filmed in Rome , Madrid , Arizona , Nevada, and New Mexico . Joan Crawford was originally supposed to take on the role of Martha, but she left the project due to inconsistencies in the script. Rita Hayworth finally stood in for her and was the only member of the cast to speak the three versions in English , Italian and French herself.
On October 30, 1968, The Bastard premiered in Italy. In Germany the film was released on June 6, 1969. In the English-speaking world, the film was released under different titles: The Bastard , The Cats and Sons of Satan .
Versions published later, including that of the German DVD released in 2012, end abruptly with Jason shooting Adams. According to the table of contents in the New Film Program (No. 5368), the original version did not end at this point. In the actual final scene, Barbara and Martha arrive in Mexico after hearing about the earthquake on television. Martha shoots Jason and wants to prepare her two sons for the funeral with Barbara's help. This film program also includes a photo taken from the original closing sequence. It shows Rita Hayworth with a revolver in hand, Claudine Auger can be seen in the background. The US-American DVD, also released in 2012, contains this scene. The killing of Jasons by Martha is shown without sound; only music can be heard in the background. An additional alienation effect is achieved by inserting still photos - these are close-ups of Jason and Martha. In the end, there is no talk of preparing the sons for the funeral.
The film song Love and Money was interpreted by Nicole Croisille .
criticism
For the lexicon of international films , The Bastard was a "brutal cynicism, artisanal gangster film with great performance as Hayworth as a quirky criminal mother, Gemma / Kinski as a brother and sister and artistic photography". The evangelical film observer drew the following conclusion: “A formally well-made criminal film whose oversized depiction of violence one would like to understand as grotesque. However, since such an intention or effect remains doubtful, this film is also to be rejected for adults. "
Web links
- The bastard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The bastard at filmportal.de
- Pictures and film clip on nocturno.it
Individual evidence
- ^ A b R. Poppi, M. Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film Vol. 3 . Gremese, 1992, p. 68.
- ^ Gene Ringgold: The Films of Rita Hayworth . Citadel Press, Secaucus 1974, p. 241.
- ↑ Rudolf Leminger: New Film Program No. 5368. The bastard . Verlag "Neues Filmprogramm", Vienna 1969.
- ↑ The bastard. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 257/1969