Django - His hymn book was the Colt
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Django - His hymn book was the Colt |
| Original title | Le colt cantarono la morte e fu… tempo di massacro |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lucio Fulci |
| script | Fernando Di Leo |
| production | Lucio Fulci Oreste Coltellacci Ugo Santalucia |
| music | Lallo Gori |
| camera | Riccardo Pallottini |
| cut | Ornella Micheli |
| occupation | |
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Django - His songbook was the Colt (original title: Le colt cantarono la morte e fu tempo di ... massacro ) is one of the few spaghetti westerns of Lucio Fulci . The film, now regarded as a small classic, premiered in Germany on May 12, 1967. The film's alternative title is Django - The Living Daylights .
action
Tom (in the German version: Django), a gold panner, receives a message from a family friend, Carradine, to come back home. There he does not find his brother Jeff, the actual owner of the family property; the property, which also includes a hacienda, is now owned by a Mr. Scott. The local people are not exactly friendly towards foreigners and Mr. Scott and his son rule with an iron hand and gun. If a family wants to leave the place, they make sure that a grave site of a relative has to be looked after.
Tom finds Jeff hanging on the bottle and the old Indian maid Mercedes, who advise him to get out of here quickly. But he does not want to do this until he has found out the reason for the letter. Before Carradine can tell him anything, Scott's people shoot him and his family to death. When Tom finally meets Scott, he gets into an argument with his son and is almost whipped to death. Later, Scott's people kill the Indian girl. Tom and Jeff swear revenge.
It turns out that Scott is Tom's biological father and also the real sender of the letter. Scott wanted to live with Tom, while Junior tried to prevent this all the time. Seeing himself betrayed by his father, Junior shoots Scott and escapes with his gang to a ranch; Jeff and Tom go after them. After losing many of his men, Junior falls to his death.
criticism
“In 1966, Lucio Fulci delivered this dark, Gothic masterpiece […], which has long since blossomed into a cult film in this genre, not least because of its dramatic, aesthetic and psychoanalytic hints, the same that later also his memorable thrillers and horror films characterized. "
“Corpses are part of the Western like raisins in cake - but killing as fun is a Western novelty from the Old World. In "Django" even the positive hero, Jeffrey, can openly indulge his killer appetite. Django takes a back seat next to this juicy figure, who owns the sympathies of the audience. "
"In the scenes at the Scotts feudal ranch, Fulci reveals his ambition to become a Fellini for the poor."
“Second-class Italian western drama without inspiration, atmosphere and drive. Superfluous for everyone. "
Remarks
The film was made before the first Django film, but was marketed by the distributor as the third part of an alleged series.
The film was shot in the Elios studios in Rome. The theme song A man alone is sung by Sergio Endrigo .
The Super 8 version of Piccolo Film was indexed on March 19, 1982. The VPS video version was indexed on December 22nd of the same year. Both indexes were canceled on February 28, 2007.
The DVD version by Black Hill , which was released in Germany, shows the film in its uncut version.
synchronization
The Berliner Union cast under the direction of Karlheinz Brunnemann , who implemented the dialogue book by Ursula Buschow :
- Franco Nero: Gert Günther Hoffmann
- George Hilton: Arnold Marquis
- Nino Castelnuovo: Joachim Ansorge
- Giuseppe Addobbati: Curt Ackermann
- Aysanoa Runachagua: Karlheinz Brunnemann
- Linda Sini: Almut Eggert
- John Bartha: Heinz Engelmann
- Tchang Yu: Gerd Duwner
- Sal Borgese: Karlheinz Brunnemann
as well as Manfred Meurer , Kurt Mühlhardt , Toni Herbert , Horst Niendorf , Christian Brückner and Wolfgang Amerbacher as well as Marianne Lutz
Web links
- Django - His songbook was the Colt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband Munich, Review No. 200/1967.
- ^ Dizionario del Cinema Italiano. I film, vol. 3. Gremese 1992, pp. 119/120
- ↑ Django - His hymn book was the Colt (1966) (Schnittberichte.com). Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Comparison of the editing versions VHS unchecked - FSK 18 DVD by Django - His hymn book was the Colt at Schnittberichte.com
- ↑ according to entry in synchronized files