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1974 film
Ulzana
Directed byGottfried Kolditz
Written by
  • Gottfried Kolditz
  • Gojko Mitic
  • Hans-Joachim Wallstein
Produced byDorothea Hildebrandt
Starring
CinematographyHelmut Bergmann
Edited byChrista Helwig
Music byKarl-Ernst Sasse
Production
companies
Distributed byProgress Film
Release date
  • 16 May 1974 (1974-05-16)
Running time91 minutes
Countries
  • East Germany
  • Romania
  • Soviet Union
LanguageGerman

Ulzana is a 1974 western film directed by Gottfried Kolditz and starring Gojko Mitic as Ulzana, Renate Blume and Rolf Hoppe. It is a Red Western, made as a co-production between East Germany, Romania and the Soviet Union.

Synopsis

After the events of Apachen (1973), the film is set in Arizona, during the 19 century, and depicts the struggle for independence of an Indian tribe (the Mimbreno Appacheans) led by war chief Ulzana against captain Burton, a corrupt army officer who lusts after Ulzana's wife, and has been hired by White American merchants to expel the Indians from the land.

Cast

  • Gojko Mitic as Ulzana
  • Renate Blume as Leona
  • Rolf Hoppe as captain Burton
  • Colea Rautu as Nana
  • Amza Pellea as general Crook
  • Fred Delmare as Bob Tribolett, the saloon waiter
  • Alfred Struwe as Aldrigton, Tucson's mayor
  • Dorel Iacobescu as Hackii
  • Dinu Gherasim as the colonel
  • Dan Sandulescu as Buuly, the army scout
  • Hannjo Hasse as the gentleman from Washington
  • Werner Dissel as the Mexican doctor
  • Fritz Mohr as sergeant Winter
  • Paul Berndt as John Richard Wardley, the rider from Tucson
  • Klaus Gehrke as Ball, the postmaster
  • Holger Eckert as Cayrol, the bank director
  • Walter Wickenhauser as Howard, the owner of 'Tucson Evening Star'

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Röske. It was shot on location in Romania and Uzbekistan.

See also

References

  1. Ivanova p.264
  2. Ulzana (1974) | MUBI, retrieved 27 March 2024
  3. Ulzana (1974), retrieved 27 March 2024

Bibliography

  • Mariana Ivanova. Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe. Berghahn Books, 2019.

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