The cry of the black wolves
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The cry of the black wolves |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harald Reinl |
| script |
Kurt Nachmann to Jack London |
| production | Karl Spiehs for Lisa-Film |
| music | Gerhard Heinz |
| camera | Franz X. Lederle |
| cut | Eva Zeyn |
| occupation | |
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The Cry of the Black Wolves is an adventure film based on Jack London , produced by director Harald Reinl in 1972. It is based on the American writer's collection of short stories Son of the Wolf and was shown in German cinemas on October 5, 1972.
content
In 1903, at Happy Camp , Alaska, adventurers and stranded people search for gold and luck. The Indian girl Akaena wants to go south; she promises riches in return, which she has only thought up. However, the devious Mike Williams takes her statements at face value and threatens her to reveal the hiding place. He is shot from ambush; his body is found on the sleigh of Bill Robinson, a trapper and fur hunter. The justice fanatic is now accused of having committed the murder, which is why Frona, the dead man's sister, obliges the bounty hunter Harper to hunt him down. In the solitude of the North American forests, Robinson now has to deal not only with the dangers of nature, but also with his persecutor. However, he manages to win the man's friendship. Together they convict the real culprit.
Production notes
Karl Spiehs brought the previous Tarzan actor Ron Ely into German films for the first time. Originally, Rolf Olsen provided as a director, but who could not agree on the composition of a female movie character with Spiehs. Olsen wanted Anita Ekberg for the main role, which Spiehs refused for reasons of cost. The actors Raimund Harmstorf, Gila von Weitershausen and Ernst Hilbich were taken over from Olsen's previous film Bloody Friday . The shooting took place near St. Jakob in Defereggen and in the vicinity of the Styrian spa town of Bad Mitterndorf . Despite the well-known names and the intensive nature shots, the film was not a great success at the box office.
criticism
“Exciting adventure entertainment in the environment of a remote camp at the foot of the snow and ice desert of Alaska. Fighting spectacles and melodrama are in balance. "
Cinema saw a film "whose appearance is reminiscent of the Karl May epics". BR saw a "dramatic adventure film in front of a great mountain backdrop".
literature
- The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films . Recorded by Roman Closer. Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-8000-7228-6
Web links
- The cry of black wolves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roman Schliesser : The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films , Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, p. 49
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Roman Schliesser: The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films , Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, p. 116
- ↑ The cry of the black wolves. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Cinema
- ↑ page of the BR (PDF; 46 kB)
