The Little Rebel (1955)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The little rebel |
| Original title | The Littlest Outlaw |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 73 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Roberto Gavaldón |
| script | Bill Walsh |
| production | Walt Disney |
| music | William Lava |
| camera |
J. Carlos Carbajal Alex Phillips |
| cut | Carlos Savage |
| occupation | |
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The Little Rebel (Original Title: The Littlest Outlaw ) is an American film directed by Roberto Gavaldón from 1955. The screenplay was written by Bill Walsh . It is based on a story by Larry Landsburgh . The main roles are occupied with Andrés Velázquéz in the title role and Pedro Armendáriz as General Torres. In the USA the film was first seen on the big screen on December 22nd, 1955, in the Federal Republic of Germany only two years later on December 13th.
action
Mexico in the 1950s. Ten-year-old Pablito and his stepfather Chato work at General Torres' stud , the little one as a horse boy, Chato as a groom and animal trainer . Pablito is very fond of Conquistador, his master's racehorse. That is why it always hurts the boy very much when he has to watch Chato torment the animal during training, just because he wants to get a higher performance out of him. One day when Celita, the general's little daughter, has a riding accident, her father orders Conquistador to be shot. While Chato fetches the rifle, Pablito manages to flee on horseback.
In an old abandoned city, Pablito meets two bandits. One of them recognizes the value of the horse and therefore wants to kill the boy; but the boy moves the other so much that he sends him on with his horse. He also gives him a letter of recommendation to his friend Timoteo that he should help him. When he arrives, the supposed helper turns out to be a villain: He notifies General Torres and puts Pablito and Conquistador on the next train to San Juan. While Timoteo is haggling over the finder's reward with Chato, the train continues to San Miguel Allende all night. There the fleeing people leave the train station and get into a procession . When Pablito realizes that Chato is on his heels, he and Conquistador take refuge in the church. After hearing the boy's story, the pastor decides to help him. The very next day he takes Pablito with his horse to his friend Don Pepe, who owns a large farm. There, however, the boy experiences a new mishap: When a fighting bull rushes towards Conquistador, the horse shies away and tries to run away. The next day the clergyman and Pablito learn that a group of gypsies has captured Conquistador and sold him to the bullring in San Juan for a corrida .
The corrida had already started when the priest and his little friend arrived at the arena. Pablito immediately recognizes his protégé, who is attacked by an extremely irritated bull. In the collision, the picador is thrown from the saddle. With one jump Pablito jumps into the arena, spellbound by the eyes of the audience. The boy swings on the horse's back and dares a bold jump over the barrier of the arena. Rescued! All spectators - including General Torres, the event's patron - breathe a sigh of relief. The general is impressed by the child's courage. He immediately orders not to pursue the two who had fled any further. When Pablito appears ruefully in front of his employer and learns from him that from now on he himself is the new owner of the horse, he is beaming with happiness.
criticism
The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion: "An entertaining youth film, full of action and with magnificent pictures from Mexico."
source
Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by Verlag Heinrich Klemmer, Mannheim, without a number
Web links
- The small rebel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Five pictures from the film at Cinema.de
- The little rebel at Filmreporter.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2039