Deadly Error (1970)

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Movie
Original title Deadly error
Fatal error 1970 Logo 001.svg
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1970
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Konrad Petzold
script Günther Karl
Rolf Römer
production DEFA
music Wilhelm Neef
camera Eberhard Borkmann
cut Thea Richter
occupation

Deadly Error is a DEFA Indian film from 1970 by Konrad Petzold .

action

In the year 1896 near Windriver-City in the area of ​​the Indian reservation the Shoshone oil is suspected, which is why the locals sign a contract with the white men of the Wyoming Oil Company in the hope that they will be fairly involved in the production. The contract has several weaknesses as it was signed without a government concession and only the signatories are entitled to the profits. After oil is actually found, several chiefs of the tribe suddenly die an unnatural death and the payments made by the company to the contracting partners, which are becoming fewer and fewer, do not correspond to the actual profits. When the Indians complain to the head of the company, Michael P. Allison, that their shares are getting smaller and smaller, he points out that he cannot help it when five shareholders have died and three have sold their shares to him.

To solve the murders and prevent further injustices, the chief's son Shave Head calls his half-brother, with whom he has the same father, Chris Howard, into town. Howard applies incognito for the post of deputy sheriff and hopes to convict oil magnate Mike Allison as a murderer and expose the machinations of the company. During his investigations he uncovered several inconsistencies and learned from the engineer Lee Garrett that he had already sent a letter to the government several weeks ago to clarify whether these holes were in compliance with the law. Mike Allison, who is now doing everything possible to save his possessions, also finds out about this. His supporters include the sheriff and even an Indian, but he always demands more, which is why he is shot. In order to cover up this murder, the Indian commissioner Mc Laurin is murdered by white men with an arrow and the dead Indian who was brought near is shot again as if he had been fleeing as an arrow shooter. Mike Allison uses this opportunity to heat the hatred of the Indians.

The government investigative committee arrives in town and the Indians rally to fight to protect the oil fields Allison wants to destroy so the government cannot find out what he is doing. But Ten Eyck takes command in the oil camp , manages to set it on fire and, like many others, loses his life in the process. Allison loses his post during the review, but the Indians still cannot enforce their rights. Chris Howard is shot dead while trying to put an end to the sheriff who wants to get hold of the land records.

Production and publication

Fatal Errum , shot in Totalvision and on ORWO-Color , was premiered on June 27, 1970 in the Erfurt Thuringia Hall and was shown in GDR cinemas on July 2, 1970 on the occasion of the 9th Summer Film Festival. It was broadcast for the first time on October 18, 1974 in the first program on East German television. All characters are fictitious, but DEFA's fifth Indian film is based on real events that took place in the USA in 1898. The film is based on studies of the history and struggle of the indigenous people of North America.

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Shave head Gojko Mitic Gerhard Paul
Jessebee Krystyna Mikołajewska Gisela Büttner
Whithe Leaf Kati bus Karin Reif
Hank Jackson Bruno O'Ya Eberhard Mellies
Black Tomahawk Slobodan Velimirović Helmut Schellhardt
Bull head Mario marathon Norbert Christian
Little eagle Ricardo Blanco Ernst Meincke

criticism

Helmut Ullrich expressed himself as follows in the Neue Zeit :

"Possibly the plot is sometimes a bit complicated, confusing and too personal, but that would be the only critical objection to this successful film, which is sure to have deserved great audiences."

Manfred Heidicke wrote in the Berliner Zeitung :

“As with“ Weisse Wölfe ”, Konrad Petzold is directing it. This time, too, he presents the adventurous story very fast-paced and imaginative, trying to avoid superficialities and cliché situations. The artistic implementation is entirely appropriate to the genre, and you can tell that such materials are in competent hands with Konrad Petzold. "

The Lexicon of International Films writes:

"A largely exciting, sometimes a bit confusing western with a socially critical note."

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. Berliner Zeitung of June 26, 1970, p. 10
  2. Neue Zeit of June 28, 1970, p. 4
  3. Berliner Zeitung of July 3, 1970, p. 6
  4. Fatal error. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 28, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used