Four fists for a hallelujah
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| German title | Four fists for a hallelujah | ||
| Original title | … Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità | ||
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| Country of production | Italy | ||
| Publishing year | 1971 | ||
| length | 121 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Enzo Barboni | ||
| script | Enzo Barboni | ||
| production | Italo Zingarelli | ||
| music |
Guido & Maurizio De Angeli's theme song Trinity stand tall interpreted by Oliver Onions. |
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| camera | Aldo Giordani | ||
| cut | Antonio Siciliano | ||
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Four fists for a hallelujah (original title: … continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità ) is a western parody with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill and a continuation of The Right and Left Hand of the Devil ( Lo chiamavano Trinità ). It is considered one of the duo's best films and was shot in 1971, mainly in Campo Imperatore . In the GDR the film was titled The Little One and the Tired Joe . The film opened in German cinemas on May 25, 1972.
action
Bambi is a horse thief who is commissioned by his father to train his unloved brother Trinity to be a horse thief as well. Trinity, however, is only supposed to take care of his brother and tries, whenever possible, to thwart Bambi's efforts.
The first "attack" on a family's covered wagon therefore ends with the settler family receiving money to take their sick baby to a doctor. This family reappears throughout the film. She always receives (financial) help from the two brothers.
During their first visit to town, Bambi and Trinity meet the nasty criminal Parker. Trinity shows his cardsharps and revolver tricks in the saloon . Since they are initially believed to be secret government agents , Parker tries to bribe them, which they pretend to accept. After a fine meal in the city's most expensive restaurant, Bambi wants to teach his brother how to rob a stagecoach . To do this, Trinity has to scout the destination of the stagecoach and is on the road for a day. Instead of preparing for the robbery, however, he meets the daughter of the settler family on a mission , where he happens to witness strange occurrences: The missionaries have to hide a large amount of money for Parker, who uses the mission as a disguised trading center for the illegal arms trade.
On the day of the planned robbery, Bambi appears to be traveling with the carriage to shine as the pursuer, while Trinity is supposed to rob the carriage as a masked thief. Trinity doesn't think about it, however, and instead just robs Bambi while leaving the other passengers alone.
Trinity then rides to the mission, where Bambi later follows him. From earlier reports of some Mexicans they know that the monks' absolution is sometimes given with fists after confession . So Bambi makes a confession and learns of Parker's machinations. As Bambi wants to snatch Parker's money, he defends the mission together with Trinity against Parker's people and finally defeats them. However, he has to give his new property back because real government officials are arresting Parker and he doesn't want to be recognized as a thief.
criticism
“The episode-like parody of the duo Hill / Spencer on the spaghetti westerns, enriched with an abundance of gags. Not exactly original, but entertaining and entertaining. "
“The spanking couple Spencer / Hill laid the foundation for their world fame with this film; The anarchist morale, the attractive game, lots of show values and flippant dialogues make this western a feast for fans for the laughing muscles. (Rating: 3 out of 4 possible stars, equal to "very good") "
synchronization
The film was first released in 1972 in a different version than what we know from television today. This version was edited and spoken ( Hartmut Reck for Terence Hill and Wolfgang Hess for Bud Spencer) by the same team as The Devil's Right and Left Hand (script and dialogue director Horst Sommer ). This version also contained the names from the predecessor The tired Joe and The little one for the two protagonists. This version was released as a bonus DVD (Four Fists let it crash) of a compilation and is now also available individually on Blu-ray Disc.
In the early 1980s, the film was re-dubbed by Rainer Brandt due to the great popularity of the Spencer / Hill duo . This version - better known due to numerous TV broadcasts - offers more gossip and was shortened by approx. Eight minutes by tightening long, non-action-relevant scenes. In addition, the names of the main characters were approximated to those from the Italian original: Trinity (Original: Trinità) and Bambi (Bambino), although the dubbing direction itself here (“Trinity” vs. “Trinità”) made careless mistakes.
As Bud Spencer said in an interview, there is no original language of the Terence Hill / Bud Spencer spaghetti westerns. The reason was that there was usually no common language on set. Some actors only spoke Italian, others only Spanish or English. The actually Italian films had to be re-dubbed for the Italian audience.
| role | actor | 1. Synchro | 2. Synchro |
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| The tired Joe / Trinity | Terence Hill | Hartmut Reck | Thomas Danneberg |
| The little one / Bambi | Bud Spencer | Wolfgang Hess | Arnold Marquis |
| Joe's girlfriend | Yanti Somer | Marion Hartmann | Marianne Lutz |
| Ma | Jessica Dublin | Mady Rahl | Tilly Lauenstein |
| Pa | Harry Carey Junior | Klaus W. Krause | Hans Nitschke |
| Parker | Emilio Delle Piane | Manfred Schott | Jochen Schröder |
| prior | Pupa de Luca | Hans-Jürgen Diedrich | Friedrich Georg Beckhaus |
| Lopert | Gérard Landry | Horst Sommer | Gerd Holtenau |
| Deputy | Adriano Micantoni | Wolf Ackva | Gerd Holtenau |
occupation
The supporting roles of Four Fists for a Hallelujah are mostly cast with the same actors as all of the duo's other films.
success
In Germany, 12,267,000 viewers saw the film in cinemas and it is still number 5 on the all-time cinema charts.
Publications on DVD and Blu-ray Disc
The film was released on DVD by ems new media . The DVD only contained the second dubbed version. At the beginning of the film two scenes were swapped.
On September 28, 2009, 3L released the film in a Blu-ray Disc version; only the first synchronization was included.
A DVD box is also available that contains both dubbed versions and the film The Devil's Right and Left Hand .
Web links
- Trinity Is Still My Name in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry in Spencer / Hill fan database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Four fists for a hallelujah. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , pp. 886-887
- ↑ chartsurfer.de: Kinocharts, Germany , accessed on March 30, 2019.