Keoma - Melodie des Sterbens

Originaltitel: Keoma

1976
R
1 Std. 30 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,0/10

6390

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Spaghetti Western Drama Western

Ein ehemaliger Revolverheld versucht, seine von der Pest heimgesuchte Heimatstadt vor der Übermacht seiner rassistischen Halbbrüder und eines konföderierten Tyrannen zu schützen.Ein ehemaliger Revolverheld versucht, seine von der Pest heimgesuchte Heimatstadt vor der Übermacht seiner rassistischen Halbbrüder und eines konföderierten Tyrannen zu schützen.Ein ehemaliger Revolverheld versucht, seine von der Pest heimgesuchte Heimatstadt vor der Übermacht seiner rassistischen Halbbrüder und eines konföderierten Tyrannen zu schützen.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,0/10

6390

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Sam Shannon
(as John Loffredo)

Donald O'Brien

Caldwell
(as Donald O'Brian)

Leonardo Scavino

Doctor
(as Leon Lenoir)

Wolfango Soldati

Confederate Soldier

Victoria Zinny

Brothel Owner

Alfio Caltabiano

Member of Caldwell's Gang

Woody Strode

George

Antonio Basile

Member of Caldwell's Gang
(Nicht genannt)

Giovanni Bonadonna

Member of Caldwell's Gang
(Nicht genannt)

Armando Bottin

Member of Caldwell's Gang
(Nicht genannt)

Aldo Canti

Horseman
(Nicht genannt)

Domenico Cianfriglia

Member of Caldwell's Gang
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
The story line of the film was mostly improvised at the same time as the film was made. The original story treatment was written by Luigi Montefiori (aka George Eastman) and turned into a script by Mino Roli and Nico Ducci, but director Enzo G. Castellari didn't like what had been written by the latter two. Because of problems with the schedule, Castellari and actor Joshua Sinclair wrote the script for the next day every evening after filming of the day. Castellari was also open to suggestions from the cast and crew - Franco Nero has confirmed that he wrote some of his own dialogue.

Patzer
At 7:08 riders on horseback in pursuit of two men running on foot fire their pistols. Both men on foot react as if hit by the first shot.

Zitate
[last lines]
Keoma: He can't die. And you know why? Because he's free. And man who's free never dies.

Alternative Versionen
German version was cut for violence and pacing reasons by 8 minutes to secure a "not under 16" rating. Despite that, it still got put on the index list by the BPjM which means various sales and advertising restrictions. Fortunately in 2003, the movie was removed from the index list and the FSK granted the uncut version a "not under 16" rating.

Verbindungen
Featured in L'oeil du cyclone: Westernissimo (1995)

Soundtracks
Keoma
(uncredited)
Music by Guido De Angelis & Maurizio De Angelis
Lyrics by Susan Duncan Smith and Cesare De Natale
Performed by 'Sibyl Amarilli Mostert' and Cesare De Natale (as Sybil & Guy)

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8/10

Latter day Spaghetti Western shines in all departments...... apart from the soundtrack

Talk to most Spaghetti Western fans and they will declare Keoma to be one of the finest of the genre's movies, and probably the best of the latter day ones. However they will also most probably comment on the atrocious soundtrack, which does take some getting used to. I honestly believe that if this movie had been given the Morricone touch, it would be firmly cemented as a true Spaghetti classic, standing side by side with The Big Gundown, Face to Face and Bullet for the General.

Aside from Django, this is Franco Nero's best role. A half breed venger, riding into a town decimated by both the plague and a gang of racist ex-Confederates, which includes his three hateful "brothers" in their ranks. There are also fine turns by William Berger as Keoma's adopted father Shannon, and Woody Strode as Keoma's childhood hero turned drunk, George.

As always, Castellari has injected true class into this film, with slow motion shootouts, effective flashbacks and clever camera tricks. This film is a true fitting end to the Spaghetti hay day, which had begun to loose its charm due to the ever increasing stupidity of the comedy westerns. The only negative aspect is that wretched soundtrack. Oh where was Morricone when we really needed him?