Ulzana (1974)
This rather unconventional Western movie is set in the middle of the 19th century in Arizona. The film portrays an Indian tribe, the Mimbreno Appacheans, who are celebrating their Thanksgiving, building an irrigation plant, carrying on commerce, and trying to settle down in a rather constricted territory. But the confrontation with the white Americans changes their situation as the mercantile "gentlemen" want to prevent the Indian tribe to become independent from the white men′s business practices. Thus, they destroy the irrigation plant and chase the Indian tribe in an inhospitable territory where they cannot survive. Led by their chief Ulzana, the Appacheans thus start a bitter fight to preserve their habitat.
Director: Gottfried Kolditz
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Gojko Mitić as Ulzana |
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Renate Blume as Leona |
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Rolf Hoppe as Captain Burton |
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Colea Răutu as Nana |
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Paul Berndt as Wardley, Tucson-Reiter |
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Amza Pellea as General Crook |
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Fred Delmare as Bob Tribolett |
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Alfred Struwe as Aldrigton |
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Hannjo Hasse as Der Herr aus Washington |
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Werner Dissel as Mexikanischer Arzt |
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Fritz Mohr as Sergeant Winter |
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Klaus Gehrke as Ball |
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Dorel Iacobescu as |
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Dinu Gherasim as |
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Dan Săndulescu as |
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Holger Eckert as |
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Walter Wickenhauser as |
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Eugen Albert as |
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Ștefan Alexandrescu as |
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Virgil Andriescu as |
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Mihai Balaș as |
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Siegfried Bartschat as |
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Mircea Breazu as |
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Dan Dobre as |
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Gerd Funk as |
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Victor Keune as |
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Harald Moszdorf as |
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Manfred Otto as |
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Joe Schorn as |
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Gerhard Rachold as |
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Wilfried Zander as |
| Directing | Gottfried Kolditz | Director |
| Writing | Gottfried Kolditz | Writer |
| Sound | Karl-Ernst Sasse | Music |
| Writing | Gojko Mitić | Writer |
| Crew | Helmut Bergmann | Cinematography |
| Editing | Christa Helwig | Editor |