Death in the saddle
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Death in the saddle |
| Original title | Smrt v sedle |
| Country of production | ČSR |
| original language | Czech |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jindřich Polák |
| script | Jindřich Polák Jiří Cirkl |
| production | Oldřich Bosák |
| music | Evžen Illín |
| camera | Rudolf Milič |
| occupation | |
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Death in the Saddle is a Czech youth film with elements of a western directed by Jindřich Polák in 1958. It was shown for the first time in the German-speaking area on October 23, 1959 in GDR cinemas. He was seen in Czechoslovakia in March of this year.
content
The young apprentice Tomáš is an ardent fan of Wild West novels. In real life he works as a trainer and junior jockey on a horse farm with some colleagues of his age. He is in love with the daughter of the horse trainer. In his fantasies, however, he is the "Beaver Kid" and has dangerous adventures in which he also saves his daughter; he is completely absorbed in this illusory world and thus on the nerves of his environment. To bring Tomáš back to reality, his colleagues stage an attack on their paymaster, which ends tragically when he actually dies. They all tragically end up in deep water with a little money.
criticism
“Youth film against false adventures and false idols from the dime-book milieu. Ethically of value, artistically weak. "
Remarks
The film brochure was published as Progress film program 101 (1959) as advertising support . The film was released on DVD in the country of manufacture.
Web links
- Death in the saddle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- www.sms.cz - Death in the saddle in a Czech film database, with photos and a detailed description (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death in the saddle. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ DVD of the film