Retribution in Catano
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Retribution in Catano |
| Original title | Tierra de fuego |
| Country of production | Spain , Germany |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Mark Stevens Jaime Jesús Balcázar |
| script |
Alfonso Balcázar José Antonio de la Loma Irving Dennis Mark Stevens Warren Kiefer |
| production | Alfonso Balcázar Ronald Rietti |
| music | Michèle Auzépy |
| camera | Francisco Marín |
| cut | Steven Collins |
| occupation | |
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Retribution in Catano (original title: Tierra de fuego ) is a Spanish-German western film from 1965, directed by Jaime Jesús Balcázar . The work, also shown as the Land of Fire , was premiered in German on October 1, 1965.
action
Abel Dragna comes to Catano with his gang and finds his old buddy Jess Kinley in the Sheriff. In the following days the gangsters try out how far they can go with their terror against the residents. Since Jess does not intervene, they become more brutal and kill a citizen in supposed self-defense. The still inactive sheriff is now seen by the rest of the residents as a pathetic coward; only the stable master's daughter, Anna-Lisa Schmidt, still believes in him. There is brief relief when the gang leaves town - but soon they return with sacks of gold stolen in neighboring towns. Now Jess decides to face the gangsters and thus his past and at the same time to prove to Catano that he is not a coward. When even Anna-Lisa is injured in a robbery, the population under Jess' leadership can defend themselves against the bandits and kill Dragna and his people.
criticism
That is a “tough Euro-Western according to common clichés, without any psychological deepening”, writes the lexicon of international films ; Sandra Brennan describes it in "Rovi" as "melodramatic". Joe Hembus notes that director and lead actor Stevens is "deeply in love with the delights of destruction."
Remarks
Balcázar is not named as the director in the German version of the film, but as the sole director in the Spanish version.
Web links
- Retaliation in Catano in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Spanish synchronous entry
- Theme music
Individual evidence
- ^ Retribution in Catano. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Joe Hembus: The Western Lexicon - 1567 films from 1894 to today. Wilhelm Heyne Publishing House. Munich. 3rd edition 1995. ISBN 3-453-08121-8 . P. 687