The Fight (1967)

Movie
German title	The fight
Original title	The Long Duel
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1967
length	115 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Ken Annakin
script	Peter Yeldham
production	Ken Annakin F. Sherwin Green Aida Young
music	Patrick John Scott
camera	Jack Hildyard
cut	Bert Bates
occupation
Yul Brynner : Sultan Trevor Howard : Young Harry Andrews : Stafford Charlotte Rampling : Jane Virginia North : Champa Andrew Keir : Gungaram Laurence Naismith : McDougal Maurice Denham : Governor George Pastel : Ram Ghand Antoñito Ruiz : Munnu Imogen Hassall : Tara Paul Hardwick : Jamadar David Sumner : Gyan Singh Rafiq Anwar : Pahelwan Shivendra Sinha : Abdul Zohra Sehgal : Devi Dino Shafeek : Akbar Patrick Newell : Colonel Jeremy Lloyd : Crabbe Terence Alexander : Major Marianne Stone : His wife Edward Fox

The fight (Original title: The Long Duel ) is a British full color film from 1967 by Ken Annakin . The script was written by Peter Yeldham . It is based on a story by the Indian writer Ranveer Singh. Yul Brynner , Trevor Howard and Harry Andrews can be seen in the main roles . The work had its world premiere on July 27, 1967 in London. It had its cinema premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany on October 12, 1967.

action

The film is set in India when the country was still under British colonial power .

The internment of the Bhanta nomads by the British military police turns their chief Sultan into a freedom fighter. The night after the deportation , he breaks out with his warriors and, supported by the local population, fled to the Himalayan mountains . The chain of Sultan's raids does not stop. Fort Captain Stafford, who also ordered the internment, can no longer deal with the problem. His predecessor, police officer Young, a supporter of anthropology , is to help him with a special force. Stafford sabotages any attempt by Young to resolve the conflict peacefully. He sets traps for Sultan without getting hold of him. But the fighting brings great losses to both sides.

Young secretly meets with the Sultan to get him to give up and prevent further bloodshed; but this is not ready for it. In another skirmish, he is wounded, hands over his son to Young and shoots himself before Stafford can arrest him.

criticism

The Evangelical movie watchers sums up his opinion as follows: "This film is an example of ideological deception of the audience, thus offering next (Indian) Wild West entertainment plenty to talk about." The lexicon of international film noted succinctly in the film if it were a lavishly equipped and dearly cast adventure film.

Web link

• The battle in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 461/1967, page 578
2. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1947