The bloody vultures of Alaska
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The bloody vultures of Alaska |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany , Yugoslavia |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harald Reinl |
| script |
Kurt Nachmann (as Johannes Weiß ) |
| production |
Lisa Film , Munich Jadran Film , Zagreb |
| music | Bruno Nicolai |
| camera | Heinz Hölscher |
| cut | Eva Zeyn |
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The Bloody Vultures of Alaska is a German adventure film with western elements and "borrowings from Karl May and Jack London ", as the Lexicon of the international film , directed by Harald Reinl in 1973, writes .
action
For the wedding of the gold rush, trapper Don Rutland helps a prospector who successfully searched an Indian cemetery, but was injured in an accident, like his young son Billy. Meanwhile, a transport sets off at Camp Kino, which, under the leadership of Sheriff Cotton, is supposed to bring the gold miners collected to Paradise Creek. Don meets the transport, whose scout Buffins is working with the bandits around Mark Monty, and hands the boy over to them. When Don returns to the prospector, he is being attacked by Indians. Dying, the old man entrusts Don with the care of Billy.
The gold transport has also been attacked; Buffins tells a fictional story in camp, lets himself be celebrated as a hero and is named the new sheriff. Only the old drunk Captain Brandy - who is suspected of being involved in the robbery because he is the only one who did not send his gold - and the black Ham-a-Ham distrust him. With them and the sheriff's daughter Rose, Don can uncover the machinations of Buffins and free Billy, whom Mark Monty and his men have taken in, because he knows about the location of the gold mine. Don and Billy go back to the wilderness together.
Remarks
The film was shot from June 11 to July 21, 1973 in Yugoslavia on the Plitvice Lakes and near Dubrovnik and in Austria in the Dachstein Mountains . It premiered on October 16, 1973. The Bloody Vultures of Alaska did not become an expected public hit.
Years later, the first distributor Constantin renamed the film The Vultures of the Shilo River , which was due to the fame of Doug McClure's television series The People of the Shiloh Ranch . Even under this title, the hoped-for success did not materialize. As with The Scream of the Black Wolves , it became clear that the wave of success in German western productions was over.
In the GDR the film ran under the title The Hellhounds of Alaska . One video release was called Deadly Eagle .
Reviews
The Kurier wrote in a contemporary statement that specialist Harald Reinl had used all possible effects in this area, "from extensive fights and shootings to cozy, loyal dogs and a seriously ill child."
The "mediocre" film offers simple, solid entertainment, writes cinema.de. The ARD draws a more positive balance: "The entertaining western also sets some comedic accents."
Web links
- The bloody vultures of Alaska in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The bloody vultures of Alaska at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Bloody Vultures of Alaska. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Roman Schliesser: The super nose. Karls Spiehs and his films , Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, p. 121
- ↑ Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses. Munich 2006, p. 680.
- ↑ Cinema.de, with 9 pictures from the film
- ↑ The Bloody Vultures of Alaska. on: ard.de