Lobo the wolf

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Movie
German title Lobo the wolf
Original title The Legend of Lobo
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1962
length 67 minutes
Rod
Director James Algar
Jack Couffer
script Dwight Hauser
James Algar
production Walt Disney
James Algar
Jack Couffer
music Evelyn Kennedy ( music editing )
Sons of the Pioneers ( background singer )
Walter Sheets ( orchestration )
camera Lloyd Beebe
Jack Couffer
cut Norman Palmer

Lobo, der Wolf (Original title: The Legend of Lobo ) is an animal film about the life and adventures of Lobo, a wolf in southwestern North America. The script was based on the story by Ernest Thompson Seton . Neither the precise location nor the time of the action are specified in the film; instead, a lot is told about a wolf's conflicts with humans. There are no conversations in the film; the only interpretation is a song, the verses of which are distributed throughout the film. It is sung by the Sons of the Pioneers . The role of the narrator is taken over by Rex Allen . The film was made of Lobo, the wolf in Sedona .

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At the beginning of the film, Lobo is a 6 week old puppy who grows up with his brothers and sisters. While his father is on the hunt to take care of the wolf family, the curious Lobo gets into his first adventure: He tumbles out of the burrow and falls from the cliff below. When he finally manages to get back into the den, a puma appears, which puts the wolves in mortal danger. However, ranchers riding under the wolf's den see the puma and shoot him the moment the animal is about to pounce on the young wolves. The narrator makes it clear that the ranchers do not want to favor the wolves, but only spare them because they are just out of their field of vision. When Lobo's father returns to the cave after this incident, he smells both the puma and the ranchers and decides to leave the den to avoid further confrontations.

As the wolves roam in search of a new den, they encounter a variety of other animals. So Lobo's father fights with a badger to own a building, but loses the fight. One day, Lobo accidentally walks away from his family and becomes friends with a turtle; he chews on the ear of an armadillo and is cornered by a rattlesnake until his parents rescue him from this critical situation. As Lobo gets older, he makes an extraordinary friendship with a young antelope.

At the age of 6 months, the young wolf begins to hunt with the pack . But the pack does not kill buffalo, but rather the herds of cattle that are driven through the desert. The worried ranchers therefore kill several wolves from Lobo's pack. Thus, when winter sets in, Lobo wanders around alone for the first time.

In the spring, Lobo joins a new pack, defeats its lead wolf and conquers a companion. He and his pack continue to hunt the cattle that have replaced the buffalo, but are wise enough to hide any signs of their hunt from the angry ranchers. These in turn have offered a reward for Lobos' capture or death.

When the time comes for the pack to mate, Lobo and his mate find a unique shelter in a dilapidated human dwelling that is only accessible via a natural bridge, a tree trunk.

Since Lobo continues to hunt in order to be able to care for his offspring, the feud between the ranchers over him escalates. A professional hunter sets a trap for the wolf, but catches Lobo's mate in his place. Lobo then calls his entire pack together to save the she-wolf. But despite his success, Lobo realizes what his father had already realized: humanity has encroached too far into the territory that used to be the home of the wolves. Lobo's only chance to save his family is to pull back further. The film ends with Lobo roaming the wide prairie with his pack in search of a new home .

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