Requiem for Django
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Requiem for Django |
| Original title | Réquiem para el gringo |
| Country of production | Spain , Italy |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 100 (German version: 81) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | José Luis Merino |
| script | Maria del Carmen Martínez novel |
| production | Sergio Newman |
| music | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| camera | Mario Pacheco |
| cut | José Antonio Rojo |
| occupation | |
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Requiem for Django (original title: Réquiem para el gringo ) is a Spanish coproduced Italowestern , the José Luis Merino 1968 staged. The film, which received so much criticism, was shown for the first time in Germany on June 20, 1969 in a version shortened by almost 20 minutes.
content
Bandit Porfirio Carranza rides with his people after a successful robbery on the lonely farm of Ramirez; in order to leave the pursuers behind, the gang splits into several groups. One of these groups tries horse theft at Ross's ranch , but is wiped out every man by Ross.
Dan, Ross 'brother, has now arrived at Ramirez' farm and wants to visit his friend there. Carranza's men kill him. Now Ross begins a campaign of revenge against the individual groups of gangsters, which he can successfully shape. During a solar eclipse, he meets Carranza for the final duel.
criticism
The lexicon of international films describes the film as "brutal" . In contrast, Ulrich P. Bruckner rates him in his work "For a few more corpses" as "good" .
Remarks
The Django of this film is not only interested in astronomy, but also wears a leopard skin jacket that is not typical for westerners.
The film song Sandstorm is interpreted by I Cantori Moderni .
Web links
- Requiem for Django in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Requiem for Django at comingsoon (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Requiem for Django. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ p. 638