Wild horses
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Wild horses |
| Original title | Valdez il mezzosangue |
| Country of production | Italy , Spain , France |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Sturges |
| script |
Massimo De Rita Clair Huffaker Dino Maiuri Rafael J. Salvia |
| production | John Sturges Dino De Laurentiis Duilio Coletti |
| music | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
| camera |
Armando Nannuzzi Godofredo Pacheco |
| cut |
Luis Álvarez Vanio Amici |
| occupation | |
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Wildehorses is an Italo and Late Western that Hollywood director John Sturges shot in 1973. Its German premiere took place on November 29, 1973. International titles are Chino and The Valdez horses .
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Chino Valdez, a half-Indian whose greatest passion and profession is horse breeding, offers runaway Jamie Wagner to stay on his farm. When he shows him his herds and all his pride, the stallion Flagg, he discovers injuries to the animals from the barbed wire of the rancher Maral. The latter sends Chino away again when he tries to confront him. Louise, the rancher's half-sister, tries to balance things out and therefore lets Chino teach her how to ride, and falls in love with him.
Meanwhile, Jamie has made friends with the Arapahoes tribe, some of which Chino comes from; He particularly likes an Indian girl with whom he has his first night of love.
Maral is furious when he learns about the chinos liaison with his sister, has Chino captured by his people and flogged. At the Arapahoes, chinos are nursed to health. When he returns to his farm, he discovers that the foal of the seriously injured animal was also shot. Maral is apparently after his best horses and especially Flagg. He runs his horses, burns down his ranch, and rides away.
Reviews
"A melancholy film about the bitter and proud resignation of the native, rooted American who is exposed to the obsession with which the ruling and possessing American of civilization is out for destruction."
“This is a quiet, at times even melancholy late Western, who, however, is equipped with a really good and intelligent script that refuses any wrong note: Bronson is one hundred percent believable as a civilization-weary loner who knows that he belongs to a race that is dying out . "
"Unspectacular, action-poor western with beautiful pictures."
Remarks
The film was based on the novel The Valdez Horses by Lee Hoffman in the area of Almería . Canary Jones interprets the film song Freedom Rainbow . Director John Sturges created the western classic The Magnificent Seven 13 years earlier .
The film also mentions Spanish actress Diana Lorys in the credits , but does not appear in the internationally released version of the film.
Web links
- Wild horses in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wild Horses. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .