The spear of vengeance
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The spear of vengeance |
| Original title | Chief Crazy Horse |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Sherman |
| script |
Franklin Coen , Gerald Drayson Adams |
| production | William Alland |
| music |
Frank Skinner , Joseph Gershenson |
| camera | Harold Lipstein |
| cut | Al Clark |
| occupation | |
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The spear of vengeance (original title: Chief Crazy Horse ) is an American western from Universal International Pictures from 1955 in Cinemascope with Victor Mature in the leading role of an Indian leader. He takes up historical people and events, including the battle of Little Bighorn . The film was shot in South Dakota with the participation of the Oglala Sioux and was released on April 27, 1955 in the United States and on August 5, 1955 in the Federal Republic of Germany.
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The film begins as seen from the main plot in the future and introduces the plot with Major Twist as narrator. Then the film changes to the time before the main plot, in which the main character of the film, the Lakota-Sioux Black Stallion, is a young boy. He witnessed a war-wounded chief making a prophecy on his deathbed that a warrior from his tribe would become a great leader against the whites, but could also be killed from among his own ranks. In a daydream, the boy then appears a chief with red eagle feathers.
In the main story, Black Stallion has become a respected warrior of his line. He vies for the favor of Kleine Wolke, a chief's daughter, who reciprocates his feelings, but the devious and wealthy Steppenwolf has also had an eye on the squaw. Her father, buffalo horn, sells her to the highest bidder. Black stallion finally wins the bid through additional gifts from his white friend, Trapper Twist. Little cloud is renamed to flower dew. After a duel between the black stallion and the steppenwolf, he is expelled from the tribe.
He meets the whites in a fort, where he reveals the location of gold to them. The whites now no longer want to know about the peace treaty negotiated with the reds and want to conquer the Black Mountains to look for gold there. This challenges war, with the Indians first gaining a victory and thereby forcing negotiations with the whites. There they make concessions, which the red chiefs accept, but the black stallion is dissatisfied and leaves the negotiation with his loyal followers. It is rumored that he is the chosen one of prophecy. In fact, one day, to the delight of his reds, he presented himself in full chief robe with red eagle feathers.
He takes command of his troops against the cavalry and wins a victory against them. When he returned to the camp, he learned that his little daughter, who had now been born, had died from illness. With this impression, he and the Cheyenne plan the all-destructive attack on General Custer on Little Bighorn. But the victory is followed by a hard winter full of privation, which no longer threatens to withstand the dew, and so the black stallion goes with her to the fort, where he receives help. Steppenwolf, meanwhile a sergeant of an Indian squad of the White Army, intrigues against him and wants to lock him up. In the scuffle that followed, he stabs him from behind and flees, which fulfills the prophecy.
The Mantz brothers, two general merchants, had previously been shot by Lieutenant Cartwright just before his suicide because his son had perished in the Indian War for gold that they had broken off the fence.
Reviews
“Director George Sherman doesn't take history very seriously. But the film shows an unusually high degree of understanding for the Indians. "
"Exciting noble westerns with Hollywood legend Victor Mature as Indian chief Chief Crazy Horse!"
"Although the incomparably more prosaic reality has been coiffed into a transfigured heroic epic, an exciting noble western, impressively staged in Cinemascope."
Others
- The film was released on DVD by Koch Media .
- Jeff Chandler was also considered as the lead actor .
- The German-language dubbing has changed several historical names to imaginary names: Crazy Horse became Schwarzer Hengst, Little Big Man became Steppenwolf, Spotted Tail became Buffalo Horn and Little Fawn / Black Shawl became Kleine Wolke / Blütentau.
Web links
- The spear of vengeance in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate
- ↑ Cinema.de
- ↑ Weltbild.de
- ↑ The Spear of Vengeance. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 29, 2017 .