The challenge

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Movie
German title The challenge
Original title Rain for a Dusty Summer
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1971
length 93 minutes
Rod
Director Arthur Lubin
script GB Buscemi
Julius Evans
production GB Buscemi
music Wade Denning
camera Manuel Berenguer
cut Richard Greer
occupation

The challenge (original title: Rain for a dusty summer ) is an adventure film shot in Spain with western elements from US production. The film, also shown as Guns for the Revolution and in German-speaking countries as No Time to Die , was based on the true story of Father Miguel Pro and directed by Arthur Lubin .

action

Mexico, 1917. The country's churches are destroyed, the clergy murdered. A tough provincial general stands out especially in what the priest Migel Pro, who has just left the seminary, witnessed: A bishop is shot at the altar. Miguel Pro, who actually wanted a musical career to prefer a life as a priest, changes his mind.

The gentle Father Miguel, disguised as a farmer, travels through the country with many dangers to read masses, to perform baptisms and weddings and to stand by the people. When he is arrested, he is offered the option of sparing his life by giving up his job. Miguel chooses his calling. 30,000 people appear to mourn him for his execution.

criticism

"The best thing about the movie is the game of cat and mouse between good and evil," says Hal Erickson . The lexicon of international films saw a "staging and conceptually cheap adventure film about the old dispute between" good "and" bad "."

Remarks

The performer of Miguel Pro, Humberto Almazán, is also a Jesuit priest.

Gene Merlino interprets the theme song .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review in The New York Times
  2. The challenge. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. Almazán's biography ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )