Naked in the sun

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Movie
German title Naked in the sun
Original title Naked in the Sun
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1957
length 79 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director R. John Hugh
script Frank G. Slaughter based
on his novel The Warrior
production R. John Hugh
music Laurence Rosenthal
camera Charles T. O'Rork
cut William A. Slade
occupation

Naked in the Sun (Original title: Naked in the Sun ) is an American western from 1957 directed by R. John Hugh . The leading roles are next to James Craig as war chief Osceola with Lita Milan as his wife Chechotah and Barton MacLane as the slave trader Wilson. The film also ran under the distribution title The Revenge of the Indian .

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“This is a true story. A story that took place in the forests and swamps of Florida more than 150 years ago . It is a story of a man that began with love for a woman and ended in war. A war in which there were no winners, only defeated. It's the story of a man who was as capricious and unpredictable as the wilderness he lived in and the story of a man who was heart and soul dedicated to peace, but in the end only war and misery across Florida brought. "

Fort King, Florida 1835: The slave trader Wilson pressures the corrupt Indian commissioner Arthur Gillis to ensure that he gets back the slaves who have been freed from their own kind. He is particularly interested in a young woman with a silver bangle that he wants for himself personally. Not long after, Wilson takes on Osceola, the Seminole war chief . Osceola, however, has nothing but contempt for him. Major Francis Dade, who was born a slave and grew up with the Seminoles, wants to mediate and asks his friend to go west with his people. However, Osceola believes that if a war has to come, then so be it. Chechotah, Osceola's most recent wife, means to him that she cannot understand why he wants to go to war with the whites. After a night of love with her, he gives in and wants to follow his white friend's suggestion.

Shortly afterwards, the slave trader Wilson and his people bring Osceola's wife, the woman with the silver bracelet, into his power. Osceola goes to the Indian commissioner Gillis and asks for support. Gillis is unhelpful and only reacts when Osceola tries to speak to his friend Francis Dade. Gillis claims the major is on his way. He provokes the Indian and then has him temporarily locked up. The chiefs of the individual Indian tribes are forced to sign a contract that they neither understand nor want. They want to deport the Indians into the reservation . The chiefs who refuse are removed from office without further ado. Osceola shows the whites what he thinks of their contracts, whereupon General Finch threatens him that he will regret it. The war between the Seminole Indians and the North American troops can no longer be stopped. Major Dade and his men are also in the line of fire of the Indians. Again and again he shouts that his friend should finally stop the fire, in vain. Countless deaths are the result, including the major. Little did he know that Osceola was nowhere near.

“The war lasted many months, until there was nothing left but the weary remains of an exhausted army and the battered parts of a defeated people. And the chiefs surrendered one by one and Osceola went south to look for new land where he could hide with a handful of warriors. ”General Finch has vowed that he would not rest until Osceola entered him Hands falls. The war chief tries in vain to convince the other tribal chiefs to follow him. They believe in the treaty that they will be given land where they can live in peace. What they don't know is who the new Indian Commissioner is: the perfidious slave trader Wilson, who is only pursuing his own plans. By chance, Osceola overhears the conversation in which Wilson reveals his plans. When he retreated, he suddenly came across his wife Chechotah. The white man brought shame on her, so she was afraid of his reaction. It doesn't matter what happened, he assures her, it only matters that she is back. Osceola visits Wilson, who begs for his life, in vain. Coacoochee of the Alachua Seminoles, who was imprisoned like other men of his tribe, is supposed to get Osceola to meet with General Finch. Osceola generally mistrusts whites, but wants to act in the interests of his people. The old chief assures him that he is sure that Osceola is home to the spirit of the great Seminole people. After Osceola says goodbye to Chechotah, he goes to negotiate with the whites. Osceola and Coacoochee were arrested there, as feared by Osceola. Captain Pace, who is desperate to bring his boss to their senses, is reprimanded. Nevertheless, he succeeds in forwarding a corresponding report through General Finch with the intention of having him removed from office. Osceola doesn't want to flee as Coacoochee suggests. Then there will be another bloody war. He should go alone and lead the Seminoles south, to the land of which he had spoken and where his people could live in peace. That's how it happens. Chechotah is on his way too. Her eyes are full of tears as her thoughts grow aloud: “The mothers and women will adore him, the children will sing songs about him, and there will be legends about Osceola, whose greatness and wisdom have brought us peace, and I will tell everyone that he is my husband. "

Production notes and background

The film was made by the production company Allied Artists Pictures Corp. produced. The exterior shots are said to have been shot in Orlando , Florida . The film was also shot at Empire Studios from March 1956. There are different statements about the length of the film. Times between 72 and 82 minutes are mentioned, other sources even speak of 88 minutes, which is said to have meant that the film was also in circulation. Naked in the Sun was first performed in the United States on September 17, 1957 in Los Angeles . Working title in the USA was Osceola . The film opened in the Federal Republic of Germany on September 5, 1958, in Austria in December 1958. There it was released in cinemas under the title Die Rache des Seminolen . The German editing was done by Taurus Film, script and dialogue director: Harald Wolf, editor: Wolfgang Beck.

Osceola , Seminole Leader.

Osceola (1804-1838) was an important leader of the Seminole in the United States. He led his people against the US Army in the second of the Seminole Wars. He was arrested in 1837 after being lured to an army base on the pretext of negotiating an armistice. He was taken to Fort Moultrie , where he succumbed to illness in 1838.

criticism

The lexicon of international films was not entirely convinced of the quality of the film and judged: "The qualities of the heavily staged and historically poorly motivated film are not enough to make the Indian theme, which falls out of the ordinary, convincing and interesting."

Cinefacts spoke of a "thematically unusual Western".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Naked in the Sun Notes at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)
  2. ↑ Naked in the Sun overview at TCM (English)
  3. ↑ Naked in the sun. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ The Revenge of the Indian cinefacts.de Retrieved on July 16, 2015.