The Troublemaker
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Troublemaker |
| Original title | Botte di Natale |
| Country of production | Italy , Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Terence Hill |
| script | Jess Hill |
| production | Matthias Wendlandt Giuseppe Pedersoli Willy Egger Günther Russ |
| music | Pino Donaggio |
| camera | Carlo Tafani |
| cut | Eugenio Alabiso |
| occupation | |
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The Troublemaker (original title: Botte di Natale ) is a 1994 co-production between Italy and Germany , a western comedy. In it, the previously very successful duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer were back in front of the camera after around ten years. It was their last collaboration.
action
The Wild West at the end of the 19th century. Travis and Moses are two completely different brothers. They've been avoiding each other for a decade as every business they've raised together has failed. Travis is still untied and makes his way as a bon vivant and gambler, while Moses has now had ten children and feeds his clan as a bounty hunter .
Her mother's way of life is a thorn in her side. Around Christmas time she decides to invite them over to her home. She hopes to bring Travis and Moses back on the path of virtue - but also that the two stubborn heads will finally get along. By claiming that the deceased father left his sons a treasure, she believes that she can lure them both to the home stove.
Travis then seeks out Moses, who wants to stay away from his parents' house and also has nothing more to do with his brother. Travis uses a ruse to get him to hunt down gangster Stone , who is offered a $ 4,000 reward . While the two are working together, Travis tries unsuccessfully to persuade Moses to visit his mother. Moses' family also goes to see his mother without his knowledge.
Due to various mishaps, the two brothers fail to arrest Stone. Instead, they are put in jail themselves, but freed by the young women Bridget and Melly, who are pressured by Stone and his people. When the two brothers finally captured Stone, Travis helps him escape.
Finally, Stone learns of the alleged treasure. Moses and Travis follow him to their mother's house. There they find out that the gangster has already been overpowered. They celebrate Christmas together. When Stone's gang shows up, the party ends in a brawl.
criticism
“The attempt to revive the genre of the slapstick that was founded with the main actors Hill and Spencer; he fails because of his sluggish, unimaginative script and his homely pictures. "
synchronization
The film was dubbed German at Rainer Brandt Filmproduktions GmbH . Rainer Brandt was responsible for the dialogues and the direction .
| role | actor | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Travis | Terence Hill | Thomas Danneberg |
| Moses | Bud Spencer | Wolfgang Hess |
| Dodge | Neil Summers | Jörg Hengstler |
| Maw | Ruth Buzzi | Tilly Lauenstein |
| Bridget | Anne Kasprik | Anne Kasprik |
| Melly | Eva Hassmann | Eva Hassmann |
| Sheriff Fox | Ron Carey | Wolfgang Kühne |
| Deputy Joe | Fritz Sperberg | Uwe Paulsen |
| Janie | Radha Delamarter | Monica Bielenstein |
| Sam Stone | Boots Southerland | Karl Schulz |
useful information
- The film was titled The Night / Fight before Christmas in the United States .
- The sons of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer were involved in the production: Jess Hill , who also played a mini role as the telegraph delivery man, wrote the script and Giuseppe Pedersoli, Spencer's son, oversaw the film as producer.
- The film was Hill and Spencer's last collaboration.
- The film was shot in New Mexico .
- Bud Spencer's proposal to shoot a film based on the novel Don Quixote instead of a western could not prevail over Terence Hill, who preferred a western.
- Vera Marzot was responsible for the costumes .
- Ron Carey and Fritz Sperberg played the roles of Joe and Averell Dalton in the Lucky Luke film and the accompanying series with Terence Hill.
- The film opened in German cinemas on March 16, 1995 and recorded a total of 122,916 viewers there.
DVD release
The film was released on DVD by Laserparadise in 2001. On February 24, 2008, the film was re-released on DVD by UFA .
Web links
- The Troublemaker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Troublemaker. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 9, 2016 .
- ↑ The Troublemaker. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The Troublemaker (1994) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved March 26, 2016 (English).
- ↑ The Troublemaker (1994) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Accessed December 2, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.insidekino.com/Djahr/D1995B.htm