The devil knows no alleluia

Movie
German title	The devil knows no alleluia
Original title	La collera del vento
Country of production	Italy , Spain
original language	Spanish
Publishing year	1970
length	97 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Mario Camus
script	Manolo Marinero
production	Mario Cecchi Gori Marciano De La Fuente
music	Augusto Martelli
camera	Roberto Gerardi
cut	José Luis Matesanz
occupation
Terence Hill : Marco Maria Grazia Buccella : Soledad Mario Pardo : Jacobo Carlo Alberto Cortina : Agitador (as Berto Cortina ) Ángel Lombarte : José William Layton : Don Lucas Manuel Alexandre : Agustín Carlos Otero : Teacher Tonio Andrés Resino : Carlos Máximo Valverde : Ramón Manuel De Blas : Rafael Fernando Sánchez Polack : Pedro José Manuel Martín : García Fernando Rey : Don Antonio

The devil knows no hallelujah , Trinity strikes back too (original title: La collera del vento ), is an Italian - Spanish coproduction by the director Mario Camus from 1970 .

action

In Andalusia in the late 19th century, the professional killers Marco and his half-brother Jacobo are hired by the wealthy and despotic farmer and landowner Don Antonio, whose exploited day laborers have started to fight for better working conditions. Marco and Jacobo are supposed to kill the ringleaders of the uprising. The first victim, however, was not the expected gunslinger , but a political speaker who roused the fight for freedom and justice.

In view of the brutal harshness with which Don Antonio suppressed the farm workers, but also because of a liaison with the tavern operator Soledad, Marco takes the side of the farmers who are struggling for a better life. Finally he decides to change sides and gets into an argument with Jacobo, who as an ice-cold professional killer wants to finish the well-paid job. However, when Jacobo is shot dead by Don Antonio's gang as an accomplice after another contract murder, Marco swears bloody revenge. He kills Don Antonio's two sons one after the other and destroys his fields, but in the end he is shot by two other hit men in the moving train on the way home.

criticism

The lexicon of international films saw a "(s) carefully crafted spaghetti western that tries to critically note social positions and dependencies, but largely unreflectively identifies violence as a natural part of social relationships."

background

The final scene of the film, and with it the death of Marco, was cut out for the showing in Italy. The producers feared that the audience would not accept the film without a happy ending .

Web links

• The devil knows no Hallelujah in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The devil knows no alleluia. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 9, 2016 .