Sabata returns

Movie
German title	Sabata returns
Original title	È tornato Sabata… hai chiuso un'altra volta
Country of production	Italy , France , Germany
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1971
length	108 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Gianfranco Parolini
script	Renato Izzo Gianfranco Parolini
music	Marcello Giombini Bruno Nicolai
camera	Alessandro Mancori
cut	Edmondo Lozzi
occupation
Lee Van Cleef : Sabata Pure beauty : Clyde Giampiero Albertini : Joe McIntock Pedro Sanchez : Bronco Annabella Incontrera : Maggie Jacqueline Alexandre : Jackie McIntock Aldo Canti : Angel (as Nick Jordan ) Vassili Karis : Bionda (as Karis Vassili ) Steffen Zacharias : Donovan Pia Giancaro John Bartha : Sheriff (as Janos Bartha ) Günther Stoll Carmelo Reale Franco Fantasia Ileana Rigano
chronology
←  Predecessor Adios, Sabata

Return of Sabata (Original title: È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta ) is a spaghetti western directed by Gianfranco Parolini from 1971. It is the third film of Sabata trilogy. The German-language premiere was on May 28, 1972.

action

Former Confederate officer Sabata travels with a traveling circus where he appears as a trick sniper. In the city of Hobsonville he meets his former subordinate Clyde, who owes him $ 5,000. Clyde runs a casino and can withdraw the money immediately. But when it is stolen again from Sabata, he decides to stay in town. He learns that the large landowner McIntock collects taxes on all amusement shops and decides with Clyde to steal the hoarded proceeds. He is supported by the circus employee Bronco and the artists Angel and Bionda, who have also stayed in town. When they break into the bank, they are betrayed by Clyde, who tries to escape with the money alone. In the bank, however, there was only counterfeit money; McIntock and the priest had exchanged the real money for gold, minted coins from it and hid them. McIntock and his daughter are shot dead by the priest who is the only one who knows the hiding place because of another attempt by Clydes to get the gold alone. In order to find out where he is hiding, Sabata pretends to have been shot by him.

criticism

The lexicon of international films writes about the film: “A parody of spaghetti westerns that is only moderate due to the confusing plot.” The film magazine Cinema judges: “Spaghetti Westerns, unfortunately not al dente”. The authors Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss ranked the film in their 1984 book The fifty worst films of all time at number 34 of the worst films.

The Italian critics were also reluctant to try to push through the conventional story with satirical and grotesque, but sometimes only foolish moments, as the pitch of the film and the rhythm fluctuated greatly.

Web links

• Return of Sabata in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sabata returns. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Cinema
3. ↑ Harry Medved, Randy Dreyfuss: The fifty worst films of all time . Warner Books, 1984. ISBN 0446312576
4. ↑ Segnalazioni Cinematografiche Vol. 72, 1972