The Samara rebel
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Samara rebel |
| Original title | Dubrowsky / Il vendicatore |
| Country of production |
Italy Yugoslavia |
| original language | English , Italian |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 86, 117 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wilhelm Dieterle |
| script |
Akos Tolnay Gino De Sanctis |
| production | Luigi Rovere |
| music | Carlo Rustichelli |
| camera | Aldo Giordano |
| cut | Roberto Cinquini |
| occupation | |
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The Samara Rebel is an Italian-Yugoslavian costume drama directed by Wilhelm Dieterle with John Forsythe and Rosanna Schiaffino in the leading roles. The story is based on the novel “ Dubrowski ” by Alexander Pushkin .
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Russia in 1831: Two families, the Dubrowskys and the Petrovichs, have been in deep enmity since the nouveau riche Kirila Petrovich once robbed old Dubrovsky of large parts of his property. Dubrowsky's son Vladimir, called Wladja, does not want to submit to this deception and fights for his rights by all means, especially since he accuses Petrovich of being complicit in his father's death. Finally, he puts himself at the head of other people who have been betrayed, especially peasants who have also been harmed, and those generally disenfranchised.
The young Dubrowsky must recognize how much the people are hungry and suffer under the bondage of serfdom and so rise to the avenger of the dispossessed by taking it from the rich and giving it to the poor, following the tradition of Robin Hood. In the fight against Petrovich's reign of terror of money, Vladja one day gets in the way of love, because beautiful Masha is of all people the daughter of his worst adversary, the landowner Kirila.
Production notes
The Samara Rebel was filmed from September 15 to December 1958 in the Cinecittà film studio with exterior shots from Belgrade . The world premiere took place in Rome in February 1959. The Yugoslav premiere was on August 4, 1959 at the International Film Festival in Pula, the German premiere took place on April 29, 1960 with a mass start.
Luigi Scaccianoce designed the film structures . For director Dieterle, this film not only meant returning home to Europe, but also, after three decades of working behind the camera, an appearance as a film actor for the first time. He played the thieving landlord Kirila Petrovich.
The film was sold as a VHS cassette under the new title The Volga Rebel .
Reviews
In the lexicon of the international film it says: "By W. Dieterle, who returned from Hollywood, staged quite undemandingly as a harmless costume film picture sheet."
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm (William) Dieterle - actor, director . In: CineGraph - Lexikon zum Deutschsprachigen Film , Lg. 22, F 42 f.
- ↑ The Samara Rebel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 24, 2018 .
Web links
- The rebel of Samara in the Internet Movie Database (English)