Cemetery without crosses
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cemetery without crosses |
| Original title | Une corde, un colt ... |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French , Italian , Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Hossein |
| script |
Dario Argento , Robert Hossein, Claude Desailly |
| production |
Jean Charles Raffini , Jean-Pierre Labatut , Vincenzo Buffolo , Giulio Sbarigia |
| music | André Hossein |
| camera | Henri Persin |
| cut | Marie-Sophie Dubus |
| occupation | |
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Friedhof ohne Kreuze (original title: Une corde, un colt… ) is a spaghetti western with large French participation, which was created in 1968 under the direction and with Robert Hossein in the lead role. The film had its German premiere on February 27, 1970.
action
Ben dies on the gallows. His wife Maria, who stands helplessly, swears revenge. Ben had robbed the Rogers family of a considerable amount of money that he and his brothers had robbed in compensation for the oppression the family had experienced. Maria seeks out the loner Manuel in order to win him over to her plans. Manuel used to be Mary's lover. After hesitating, he agrees.
When Manuel saves the Rogers family's children from danger, he is hired as foreman. He kidnaps Johanna Rogers and hides her in the abandoned village where he has lived for the past few years. The Rogers family triggers it by forming a funeral procession for Ben's coffin at Mary's request. That is not enough for the Ben brothers; they want money and are about to kidnap Johannas again; Manuel knows how to prevent this, but Thomas dies and Eli is captured by the Rogers.
Eli is killed. Manuel finds Maria seriously injured. When she dies too, he kills all of the Rogers one by one. Then he throws away his revolver. The only survivor, Johanna, shoots him.
criticism
“(Hossein) develops a very unique style in this film, which has helped it to survive as one of the great spaghetti westerns. (…) The way it is made is very reminiscent of French film noir, especially when it comes to its inevitable end. "
"The Italo-Western offers an ideal playing level for the obsessions of the director Robert Hossein: He loves to harden the rituals of calamity, the longing for death and the tenderness in suffering in black poetry."
“This tough Franco-Italo-color Western doesn't touch you inside, especially as its content is told in an extraordinarily confused way. Uninteresting and unimportant. "
"Formally a remarkable western, the hardness achieved not with superficial effects, but through undercooled, strict camera work."
Remarks
The film was shot in the cemetery without crosses , dedicated to Sergio Leone , in the dunes of Cabo de Gata, Spain .
The music for the German theatrical version was taken from Töte, Django ; several scenes were removed or rearranged. Only the historically correct DVD version offered a version intended by the director in German synchronization for the first time.
The movie song A Rope and a Colt is sung by Scott Walker .
Web links
- Cemetery Without Crosses in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cemetery without crosses in the German synchronized files