A hole in the forehead

Movie
German title	A hole in the forehead
Original title	Un buco in front
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1968
length	91 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Giuseppe Vari; (as Joseph Warren )
script	Adriano Bolzoni
production	Antonio Lucatelli ; Francesco Giorgi
music	Roberto Pregadio
camera	Amerigo Gengarelli
cut	Giuseppe Vari
occupation
	Dragomir Bojanić : Billy Blood ; (as Anthony Ghidra ); Claudio Undari : General Munguja ; (as Robert Hundar ); Rosy Zichel : Adelita; Gianni Brezza : Miguel ; (as Jhon Bryan ); Giorgio Gargiullo : Tedder; Giuseppe Addobbati : Padre Blasco ; (as Jhon Mac. Douglas ); Elsa Janet Waterston : Encarnación; Gino Marturano : Garrincha ; (as Luigi Marturano ); Mario Dardanelli : Epifan ; (as Mario Darnell ); Bruno Cattaneo : Murienda; Corinne Fontaine : Placida;

A hole in the forehead (original title: Un buco in fronte ) is a spaghetti western , in 1967, directed by Giuseppe Vari was born. German premiere of the film with Anthony Ghidra and Robert Hundar in the leading roles was on February 26, 1971.

action

In the days of the Battle of Fort Alamo, treasure from General Santa Ana's army was stolen and hidden in a secret location. His position is recorded on three playing cards belonging to three people: Army deserter General Munguja is one of them; another the bandit Murienda; the third owner is the outlaw Garrincha. When Murienda learns that Munguja is one of the other two owners, he contacts the gunslinger Billy Blood and arranges a meeting at the San Juan mission station. There he is already buried by the monks when Billy arrives.

The following night four of Munguja 's followers excavated the body in search of the map; Billy steps in and forces the men to take him to Munguja's Los Cerritos headquarters. He can get the second card into his possession, but Munguja counteracts it and imprisons him. With the help of two Mexican women, Billy escapes and reaches San Juan, where he murders all the monks and finds the grave empty. The third man, Garrincha, steps in when Billy has only Munguja, who is responsible for the murders, to go. The final showdown in the monastery, where the cards lead, decides in favor of Blood.

criticism

Christian Keßler was not very enthusiastic because “Bolzoni's script has gotten really sluggish for once and doesn't give the characters much of their own in the evil game. […] The film is sometimes quite brutal. " Film Mese judged," the umpteenth latecomer western, despite its wealth of creative deaths, could not cover up the serial nature of the film. "The lexicon of international films wrote that it was" raw and unimaginative. " Spaghetti Western. "

Remarks

The guitarist of the soundtrack is Mario Gangi, born in Rome in 1923 .

The film passed the Italian censorship in May 1968.

The VHS version of Arcade Video was indexed in Germany from June 29, 1985 to July 31, 2004.

Web links

A hole in the forehead in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The film at comingsoon

Individual evidence

↑ Christian Keßler: Welcome to Hell. 2002, p. 45
^ Film Mese, 21./22. November 1968
↑ A hole in the forehead. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del Cinema Italiano, I film. Volume 3: dal 1960 al 1969. Gremese 1992, p. 84.
↑ A hole in the forehead at the Archivio del Cinema Italiano
↑ A Hole in the Forehead (1968) (Schnittberichte.com). Retrieved March 6, 2020 .

[1] Christian Keßler: Welcome to Hell. 2002, p. 45

[2] Film Mese, 21./22. November 1968

[3] A hole in the forehead. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[4] Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del Cinema Italiano, I film. Volume 3: dal 1960 al 1969. Gremese 1992, p. 84.

[5] A hole in the forehead at the Archivio del Cinema Italiano

[6] A Hole in the Forehead (1968) (Schnittberichte.com). Retrieved March 6, 2020 .