The 7th Cavalry
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The 7th Cavalry, The Seventh Cavalry |
| Original title | 7th Cavalry |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joseph H. Lewis |
| script | Peter Packer |
| production |
Harry Joe Brown , Randolph Scott |
| music | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| camera | Ray Rennahan |
| cut | Gene Havlick |
| occupation | |
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The 7th Cavalry (original title: 7th Cavalry ) is an American western from 1956 by Columbia Pictures with Randolph Scott in the lead role. The template was the short story A Horse For Mrs. Custer ("A Horse for Mrs. Custer") in the magazine New World Writing from 1954 by Glendon Swarthout . It is set in 1876 in the US Territory of Dakota , today's states of Montana and North Dakota , and is about an officer in the US Army who wants to restore the honor he lost in the course of the events of the Battle of Little Bighorn . The title is based on the corresponding historical 7th US Cavalry Regiment . The film was shot in Mexico and was released in Germany on December 7, 1956.
action
When Captain Benson and his future wife Martha, the daughter of the commanding colonel, return to his unit, he finds the fort deserted except for women and a few drunkards. He learns that the soldiers under General Custer on Little Bighorn were massacred by the Sioux and is charged with deliberately evading the battle out of cowardice. In fact, however, he only followed orders from his superior. After the return of some stragglers, he learns details: soldiers blame Custer for the course of events. The officers' mess continues to spread suspicions about Benson, who was not at West Point Military Academy .
Before a commission of inquiry headed by Colonel Kellogg, some officers attack Custer again. Benson reiterates that he acted on Custer's express orders. He feels the need to protect his honor as a soldier and volunteers to head a command ordered by President Grant with the sole assignment of recovering the dead on the battlefield. This operation is considered to be life-threatening, as the Indians have declared the area sacred and in particular regard the fallen Custer as their property. In the course of the ride, individual soldiers mutinied against Benson, but Sergeant Bates prevented an assassination attempt against him. Meanwhile, a witness comes forward who claims to have been present at Custer's orders to Benson. He wants to ride out to Benson's troop with the second horse, Custers, to teach him.
When the latter wants to exhume the general at the point specially marked by Sitting Bull , the Indians appear at the edge of the field under Sitting Bull's leadership. A sub-chief negotiates with Benson about the fate of the whites and their honorary mandate, which the Indians fundamentally recognize and respect. When tensions arise, the single second horse Custers appears on the horizon after an Indian shot the witness from the saddle. The horse looks very similar to the horse that fell with the general. The Indians believe in an apparition and grant the whites free retreat.
synchronization
| role | actor | speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Benteen | Michael godfather | Axel Monjé |
| Captain Tom Benson | Randolph Scott | Wolfgang Lukschy |
| Charlotte Reynolds | Jeanette Nolan | Alice Treff |
| Colonel Kellogg | Russell Hicks | Paul Wagner |
| Corporal Morrison | Harry carey jr. | Gert Günther Hoffmann |
| Dixon | Denver Pyle | Arnold Marquis |
| Major Reno | Frank Wilcox | Wilhelm Borchert |
| Martha Kellogg | Barbara Hale | Tilly Lauenstein |
| Sergeant Bates | Jay C. flipping | Eduard Wandrey |
| Sergeant Kruger | Frank Faylen | Curt Ackermann |
Reviews
"Well-made and entertaining B-Western, suspended from a trauma in US history."
"Ideal educational film for the Bundeswehr."
"Patriotic western with extensive fighting scenes in which there is much talk of the honor of soldiers."
Others
- The film was released on DVD .
- In the film, a US flag with 35 stars (arrangement 7 × 5) is shown several times, which was already out of date at the time of the action.
Web links
- The 7th Cavalry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The 7th Cavalry in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ kino.de
- ↑ cinema.de
- ↑ The 7th Cavalry. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 19, 2016 .