Around them was the breath of death
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Around them was the breath of death |
| Original title | Los desesperados |
| Country of production | Spain , Italy |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Julio Buchs |
| script | Julio Buchs Federico Di Urrutia José Luis Martínez Molla |
| production |
Ugo Guerra Elio Scardamaglia |
| music | Gianni Ferrio |
| camera | Francisco Sempere |
| cut | Daniele Alabiso |
| occupation | |
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Around them was the kiss of death (original title: Los deseperados ) is a spaghetti western from 1969. The by Spaniard Julio Buchs staged film is considered one of the small classic of the genre and had on November 20, 1970 its German premiere.
action
During the final months of the American Civil War, Confederate John Warner deserted when he received news of the birth of his girlfriend Rosa. He is captured, but together with two other soldiers, Lucky Boy and Jim, he manages to escape again and they reach the home village of the young woman, which was, however, ravaged by a cholera epidemic. Rosa's father, Don Pedro Sandoval, who had already forbidden the "Gringo" to marry his daughter, chases him away with his newborn son and two friends without any further assistance - he doesn't even give them water. The small group, reinforced by the ex-monk Converso, goes in search of urgently needed water and food, but is turned away. Milk is even poured out before it should fall into the hands of the outcasts. Eventually the child dies of malnutrition and thirst.
Warner rallies a group of outlaws and takes revenge on those who offered him no help. The farmer is drowned in milk; Sandoval's eldest son shot and laid his father on the stairs. When Sandoval pursues the gang that fled to Mexico, Warner puts him in a knife duel in a bullring. In a duel they both fall into an enclosure and Sandoval is killed by a bull. A group of Mexican soldiers finally occupied the arena and executed everyone.
criticism
"Very entertaining, but incredibly dark western."
“A bloodthirsty, almost operatically arranged and staged spaghetti western, which comes along with such hollow pathos that it involuntarily seems comical. Good actors and the allusions to social backgrounds cannot hide the weaknesses. "
"By renouncing unnecessary cruelty and by having a solid, well-motivated story, the flick stands out from the crowd of spaghetti westerns without losing any of its tension."
background
The outdoor shots took place in Almería .
The Italian title of the film is Quei disperati che puzzano di sudore e di morte , the international A bullet for Sandoval .
Down to the smallest supporting roles, this film is cast with (mostly Spanish) character actors who can be seen regularly in the genre: José Manuel Martín , Lorenzo Robledo , Dan van Husen and many others.
The soundtrack was released on CD (Digitmovies CDDM149).
synchronization
- George Hilton: Erik Schumann
- Ernest Borgnine: Fritz Tillmann
- Alberto De Mendoza: Thomas Piper
- Leo Anchóriz: Herbert Weicker
- Antonio Pica: Thomas Bride
- Manuel Miranda: Jürgen Clausen
- Gustavo Rojo: Klaus Kindler
Web links
- Around them the breath of death was in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich P. Bruckner, For a few more corpses, Munich 2006
- ↑ To them was the breath of death. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 516/1970.
- ^ The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures, Part 3, p. 131
- ↑ http://www.synchronkartei.de/?action=show&type=film&id=15090