El Perdido
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | El Perdido |
| Original title | The Last Sunset |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Aldrich |
| script | Dalton Trumbo |
| production |
Eugene Frenke Edward Lewis Kirk Douglas / Bryna Productions / Universal |
| music | Ernest Gold |
| camera | Ernest Laszlo |
| cut | Michael Luciano |
| occupation | |
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El Perdido is a 1961 American western directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Rock Hudson and Kirk Douglas . The script is based on Howard Rigsby's novel Sundown at Crazy Horse .
action
Dana Stribling pursues Brendan O'Malley, who murdered Dana's brother-in-law, to Mexico. He finds O'Malley, who works for the hard-drinking cattle baron John Breckenridge. Breckenridge wants to drive a herd of cattle across the Texas border into the town of Crazy Horse. O'Malley tries unsuccessfully to continue an affair that began 17 years ago with Breckenridge's wife, Belle.
In order not to lose O'Malley's trail, Stribling can be employed as a drover. He warns O'Malley that there will be a duel once the line is crossed. Shortly after the trek started, Breckenridge was killed in a saloon fight. Stribling and O'Malley take the lead. Although they are enemies, their admiration for one another grows.
The days go by and Stribling and Belle fall in love. At the same time, Belle's 16-year-old daughter Missy O'Malley is chasing after. The Rio Grande, the border river to Texas, is reached. Belle wants to hold a celebration for it. Missy wears one of her mother's dresses, which makes O'Malley think of the affair with Belle. He enthusiastically gives in to the young woman's advances. But Belle explains to him in Crazy Horse that Missy is his daughter and gives him a shock. In the upcoming duel he deliberately faces Stribling with an unloaded revolver and lets himself be shot by him.
criticism
The lexicon of the international film about the film: "A star film with all the charms of its genre."
The film magazine Cinema sees the Western as "a psychologically clever relationship drama in Western guise" and draws the conclusion: "Complex, finely nuanced Western."
Bosley Crowther of the New York Times describes the film as a routine product that is not worth spending a lot of money to see.
Dave Kehr of "Chicago Reader" thinks the film is a strange, thoughtful western whose script aims at a classic tragedy, while Aldrich's wonderfully startling use of the landscape puts things into perspective again.
Awards
At the 1962 Laurel Awards ceremony , Kirk Douglas took fourth place in the Top Action Performance category .
background
The world premiere took place on June 7, 1961. In Germany, the film first appeared on October 19 of the same year. The film was shot in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes .
Kirk Douglas co-produced (Bryna Productions) the film. He and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo had previously worked together at Spartacus .
One evening, O'Malley sings the song Cucurrucucú paloma with a couple of Mexicans . This song did not exist in the 19th century, it was composed by Tomás Méndez in 1954 .
Web links
- El Perdido in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ El Perdido. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.cinema.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/el-perdido,1321609,ApplicationMovie.html
- ↑ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9405EFDE1239EE32A25756C1A9609C946091D6CF
- ↑ http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-last-sunset/Film?oid=1073990