Tepepa

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Movie
German title Tepepa
Original title Tepepa
Country of production Italy , Spain
original language Italian
Publishing year 1968
length 136 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Giulio Petroni
script Ivan Della Mea
Franco Solinas
Giulio Petroni
production Alfredo Cuomo
Nicolò Pomilia
music Ennio Morricone
camera Francisco Marín
cut Eraldo da Roma
occupation

Tepepa (alternative title: Through Hell, Companeros ; The Eliminator ; further original title: Tepepa… Viva la Revolucion ) is a spaghetti western from 1968 that deals with the Mexican revolution . The critically acclaimed film received its German premiere on October 22, 1970 in a shortened version.

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When the rifles of the firing squad under Colonel Cascorro were already aimed at Tepepa, a car driving up prevented the shot; it is managed by Dr. Henry Price, who saves Tepepa. Price's motives are of a personal nature, as he wants to avenge the rape of his fiancée by a group of insurgents on a conquered hacienda - he thinks he has found the person responsible in Tepepa.

Tepepa, who was one of the leaders of the victorious revolution in the service of the Peons to end their oppression, was bitterly disappointed. The army is back in power because the President of the Revolution Madero has no means to assert himself and his supporters have given up their arms. So now Colonel Cascorro wants to restore the status quo of the pre-revolution. The land reform is being reversed; the peons are once again serving as the living targets of the great landowners . Tepepa, who ran a hacienda after the successful revolution, fell into the hands of the colonel, who then meticulously plans to shoot him.

Tepepa succeeds in getting Dr. Eliminating Price when he explains the background to the rescue and denies the crime. He takes him hostage to his friends in the Sierra. There he, the illiterate, Dr. Price wrote a letter to President Madero. He accepts his invitation; However, it turns out to be a trap - Madero has long been in the hands of the army, which is now also imprisoning Tepepa again. Provided with weapons by his friends, he succeeds in defeating the advancing troops Cascorro and taking him hostage himself. Cascorro is fatally wounded in a scuffle, but also hits Tepepa.

Dr. Price saves his life through an operation - and then stabs him to death, because Tepepa, in a fever, tells of the rape of his (= Price) fiancé. The news of Tepepa's death spreads. His followers believe that the consequences of the injury are to blame. Only the boy Paquito knows the truth. He shoots Dr. Price.

criticism

International critics consistently praised the film, which was relatively unknown compared to other spaghetti westerns, according to Alex Cox , who saw an “excellent revolutionary story” in which John Steiner was “a somewhat wooden gringo ”, “but Tomas Milian as a social bandit and Orson Welles as a reactionary one Army colonels are great. There are good conversations between the two of them on the subject of power and revolution, and their showdown is heavily played and well staged. Francisco Marin's camera turns Tabernas , Albaricoques and Guadix into the Mexico of the white walls of the 1920s. Much irony and double standards; extremely influential on Leone's death melody . “Among the Revolutionary Westerners, Cox only prefers kill amigo .

Ulrich Bruckner writes in his standard work: “This film is primarily a psychological drama in the context of the Mexican Revolution, in which (director) Petroni nevertheless did not fail to use the typical set pieces of the revolutionary western. Ennio Morricone succeeds again in contributing unforgettable music for this great film. ”.

Genre connoisseur Christian Keßler also praised "an extremely important political parable which deals with the relationship between personal drama and historical, the relationship of the individual to the development of his country."

The Protestant film observer is also full of praise : "Italian revolutionary western, which is not only recommended for western fans (16+) because of its excellent design and timeless statement."

Others

The versions published on the German-speaking market were all shortened: While the theatrical version was already missing almost half an hour with 108 minutes , the version published on video cassette under the title The Eliminator was shortened to 84 minutes. It wasn't until January 2013 that Koch Media released an uncut version of the film. The previously excised scenes are just as original version with subtitles ( subtitles available).

The film was set in Almería , Los Albaricoques and Guadix in Spain.

The song Messico che vorrei is interpreted by Christy ; the soundtrack was released on CD.

There was a revolutionary Gabriel Tepepa who fought in the area around Tlaltizapán and was shot.

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Tomas Milian is voiced by Fred Maire , Orson Welles by Fritz Tillmann .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Alex Cox: Italian Westerns in Venice. alexcox.com (accessed December 8, 2015)
  2. Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses. Munich 2006, p. 328.
  3. Christian Keßler : Welcome to Hell: an overview of the Italo Western. Hameln 2002, p. 247.
  4. Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 465/1970.
  5. ^ Samuel Brunk: Emiliano Zapata, Revolution & Betrayal in Mexico. Univ. of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 1995.
  6. ^ John Womack: Zapata and the Mexican Revolution. Vintage Books, New York 1970.
  7. synchronkartei.de