The battering ram

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Movie
German title The battering ram
Original title Le Ruffian
Country of production France , Canada
original language French
Publishing year 1983
length 108 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director José Giovanni
script José Giovanni
production Christian Fechner
music Ennio Morricone
camera Jean-Paul Schwartz
cut Yves Chaput
Jacqueline Thiédot
occupation

The battering ram (original title: Le Ruffian ) is an adventure film with Lino Ventura. It was created in 1983 as a co-production between France and Canada . The director was José Giovanni , who also wrote the script.

action

Former racing driver Aldo carries a lot of guilt: years ago he caused an accident in which his best friend Gérard was seriously injured. Since then he has had a stiff leg and is dependent on a wheelchair. Therefore, Aldo has withdrawn to the lonely north of Canada and toiled in a gold mine . In this way he hopes to generate enough money to finance Gérard's necessary operation.

While the wages are being paid, the mine is attacked by gangsters who kill almost the entire workforce. Only Aldo and two Indians are spared. The trio succeeds in shooting all crooks and thereby comes into possession of the loot. But shortly afterwards there was a dispute between Aldo and the Indians over the gold. Without further ado, he outwits his partner and takes the prey in a canoe. But during the escape, his boat capsizes in the rapids of a mountain river, and the box with the gold goes down.

Since he believes the gold is safe from the others, he goes to Montreal to tell Gérard about the treasure. But neither this nor his wife Éléonore believe him, but after good persuasion they accompany him in the end. With the help of Aldo's ex-girlfriend, the " Baroness " and old John , the five of them set off into the rough Canadian wilderness to retrieve the gold, with a mobile home and a special boat that is transported with a flatbed truck. With the help of the boat, Aldo succeeds in diving for the gold and retrieving it.

background

  • The film was based on the novel “Le Ruffian” , written by the director José Giovanni.
  • The filming took place in the Canadian province of British Columbia and in the Billancourt Studios in Paris .
  • All previous German film versions are cut by around three minutes. Mostly landscape shots and some dialogues are missing.

criticism

"An adventure film with the usual sequence of genre set pieces in an average staging - but at least with the sovereign Lino Ventura in the lead role."

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ José Giovanni: The battering ram , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich, 1983, ISBN 3-453-10666-0
  2. ^ The battering ram in the Lexicon of International Films.Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used Accessed January 13, 2012