Potato Fritz (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Potato Fritz |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Schamoni |
| script | Paul Hengge |
| production | Peter Schamoni |
| music |
Udo Juergens Antonín Dvořák |
| camera |
Jost Vacano Wolf Wirth |
| cut | Peter Schamoni |
| occupation | |
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Potato Fritz is a 1975 directed by Peter Schamoni arising Western in which Hardy Kruger in the title role of the potato planting Western man plays. The alternative title of the film, which premiered on May 6, 1976, is Two Against Death and the Devil .
action
Montana in 1850: Captain Henry leads a squad of soldiers through the Rocky Mountains accompanying a gold shipment that includes funds for land purchases by the settlers in Fort Lane and for Crow Indians who are giving up the land. At the top of the pass there is an attack on them, of which seven crosses herald a year later. The transported money has disappeared. The settlers can't go any further, because the Indians won't let anyone through their land. They only allow Potato Fritz; he lives in a small valley where he grows potatoes. The Indians burn down his little hut at regular intervals, but do not attack him - he never carries a weapon. After every fire he rides into the fort and gets drunk senselessly in order to start a new beginning.
Many adventurers roam the area, possibly trying to find the money that has gone missing. Numerous rumors and stories are circulating. However, Captain Henry, who was believed dead, lives among the settlers and helps them to achieve their rights like the Indians.
criticism
The lexicon of international film said, “Peter Schamoni, formerly a hope of the New German Cinema, tries his hand at western parodist and aims at a broad audience - unfortunately in vain, because despite the pop star Udo Jürgens (as a film composer) and the football hero Paul Breitner (as a supporting actor ) the confused staged film lacks tension, speed and humor. ”A“ mystery comedy western that does not understand its basically very funny potato philosophy ”, is how Joe Hembus describes his conclusion.
Remarks
Schamoni gave three reasons for the chosen western genre. On the one hand, he noticed a certain “audience fatigue” with contemporary problems. Furthermore, a subject such as that of the European settlers can best be presented from our point of view. And finally there was a family component, as a great-great-uncle emigrated to Montana in 1860 and descendants are still living there.
The film song He's a Friend of Mine (The Ballad of Potato Fritz) is interpreted by David Hess .
The international title is Montana Trap . The film was also shot on location in Montana ; also in Almería .
Web links
- Potato Fritz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Potato Fritz at filmportal.de
- Benjamin Maack : Spiegel Online DVD tip “Potato Fritz” (video from January 23, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ^ Potato Fritz. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Joe Hembus: The Western Lexicon . Munich 1995, p. 480/481
- ↑ Hans Jürgen Weber: The prairie is still luring. Peter Schamoni and Hardy Krüger shoot the film “Potato-Fritz” . In: Der Tagesspiegel . No. 9149 , October 19, 1975, film mirror.