Rio Grande (film)

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Movie
German title Rio Grande
Original title Rio Grande
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1950
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Ford
script James Kevin McGuinness
production John Ford,
Merian C. Cooper
music Victor Young
camera Bert Glennon ,
Archie Stout
cut Jack Murray
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
The Devil's Captain

Rio Grande is an American western directed by John Ford from 1950 and at the same time the last part of Ford's not directly planned cavalry trilogy (Part 1: To the Last Man , Part 2: The Devil's Captain ). Rather, the strip belonged to a deal between Ford and the cheap studio Republic , in which, after long and unsuccessful struggles , he got the prospect of realizing his dream project The Quiet Man ; The boss there, Herbert Yates, demanded this film with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in the leading roles as an advance payment and because of the expected losses from the Ireland romance .

action

There was great unrest in Fort Starke in Texas in 1879: Apaches who had withdrawn across the Mexican border repeatedly launched raids from there and were then able to escape unhindered. The commandant of the military post, Ltn. Col. Kirby Yorke, has just completed a punitive expedition including the capture of the dangerous Natchez, when new recruits arrive; Among them is his son Jefferson, whom he has not seen for 15 years and who - as General Philip Sheridan informs him - had to leave the academy in West Point due to a lack of mathematics. For the same period of time Yorke lives separated from his wife Kathleen because he had to burn down her southern state plantation at the time of the Civil War on Sheridan's orders. The Lieutenant Colonel treats his son like any other recruit; there are no perks for him. Jefferson agrees with that too. Through his skills on horseback and in a first small fight with the older soldier Heinze, he earned the respect of his comrades. They also include the recruit Travis Tyree, who is wanted on a wanted list because he killed a man in self-defense; The Deputy Marshal, who is looking for him, is successfully put off by the instructors around Sgt. Major Quincannon.

While the newcomers are still training, Kathleen arrives at the fort with the intention of bringing "Jeff" home, but this request fails: the son wants to show what he's made of, and the father wants to teach his son something. Kirby spends time with his wife and despite many differences, they are slowly getting closer.

The Apaches start a rescue operation for Natchez, and the chase by the cavalrymen ends once more in the middle of the border river Rio Grande; Yorke can offer medical help to a Mexican lieutenant, but nothing more. Sheridan, who appears again at the fort, bursts his collar: He gives Yorke the confidential and unofficial order to pursue the Apaches on Mexican territory. Meanwhile, an advance department is supposed to bring the women and children to safety in the fort; Jefferson is supposed to escort this group. But the Indians attacked the trek and kidnapped the children to Mexico. There Tyree, who fled from the law enforcement officer - and of all things with Yorke's horse - can track her down in a village. Yorke wants to have him arrested, but appreciates his services and allows him to prepare the liberation of the children with the help of two colleagues. Tyree chooses his young buddy Boone and "Jeff" for the dangerous mission. The penetration into the church, in which the children are, succeeds as well as the attack of the other soldiers. However, the commander gets an arrow in the chest - the son of all people has to pull it out. After returning to the fort, the bravest participants in the attack are honored, including Tyree and "Jeff", which his mother, who has now changed her mind, is deeply pleased. Tyree has to flee from the persistent deputy again.

background

  • Occasionally there was confusion that the main character portrayed by John Wayne has almost the same name ("Yorke") as the character played by Wayne in the first film of the trilogy Up to the Last Man ("York"). Since the two film characters obviously have nothing to do with each other and have different biographies, Fagen saw the fact that the film character in Rio Grande was given a final "-e", one of the teasing typical of John Ford.
  • While filming, two stuntmen drowned during the scene of the river crossing.
  • The sound effect of the pony stampede comes from the film Der Teufelshauptmann .
  • Ford had to make this film first in order to get approval for the Shakespearean adaptation The Winner . The studio feared losses in the project, which it wanted to compensate in advance. Also in the film The winner Wayne and O'Hara were again busy in the lead roles.
  • In Italy the film was released under the title Rio Bravo . The title refers to the river's Mexican name as Rio Bravo (del Norte) . Not to be confused with the Howard Hawks western of the same name , also with John Wayne in the lead role.

synchronization

The German dubbed version was created for the cinema premiere in the 1950s at Elite Film Franz Schröder GmbH, Berlin. Decades later, some scenes with Mario Hassert as John Wayne's voice were dubbed.

role actor Voice actor
Ltd. Colonel Kirby Yorke John Wayne Wolfgang Lukschy / Mario Hassert
Kathleen Yorke Maureen O'Hara Ingeborg Grunewald
Trooper Jefferson Yorke Claude Jarman junior Michael Chevalier
Sgt.Maj.Timothy Quincannon Victor McLaglen Walther Suessenguth
Trooper Travis Tyree Ben Johnson Gert Günther Hoffmann
Trooper Daniel "Sandy" Boone Harry Carey Junior Herbert Stass
Ltd. General Philip Sheridan J. Carrol Naish Alfred Balthoff
Dr. Wilkins Chill Wills Konrad Wagner
Captain St. Jacques Peter Ortiz Ernst Schröder
Captain Prescott Steve Pendleton Heinz Giese

criticism

Compared to its predecessors from Ford's cavalry trilogy, Rio Grande appears "less consistent and homogeneous," according to the lexicon of international films . "In addition to the soothing optimism, the folkloric element is particularly irritating: the country music group 'Sons of the Pioneers' has made several unmotivated appearances."

literature

  • Herb Fagen: The Encyclopedia of Westerns; Foreword: Tom Selleck, Introduction: Dale Robertson. Facts on File, New York 2003 (The Facts on File film reference library), ISBN 0-8160-4456-2 .
  • Dirk C. Loew: Attempt on John Ford. The Western Films 1939–1964. BoD, Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 3-8334-2124-X , pp. 126-128 and Ss. 163-179.
  • Peter Osteried: The Great John Wayne Book; MPW, Hille 2010, ISBN 978-3-931608-99-6 ; Pp. 192-201.
  • JA Place: The Westerns of John Ford. Original title: The Western Films of John Ford. Citadel film books at Goldmann. Goldmann, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-442-10221-9 , pp. 146-163.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herb Fagen: The Encyclopedia of Westerns . Facts on File, New York 2003 (The Facts on File film reference library), p. 360.
  2. ↑ Rio Grande. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 11, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Rio Grande. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 11, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used