Ulzana

May 16, 1974

1h 35m

★ 4.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Adventure

Production Companies

DEFA

Filmstudio București

Mosfilm

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Cast

Ulzana

Gojko Mitić

Leona

Renate Blume

Captain Burton

Rolf Hoppe

Nana

Colea Răutu

Wardley, Tucson-Reiter

Paul Berndt

General Crook

Amza Pellea

Bob Tribolett

Fred Delmare

Aldrigton

Alfred Struwe

Der Herr aus Washington

Hannjo Hasse

Mexikanischer Arzt

Werner Dissel

Sergeant Winter

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Ball

Klaus Gehrke

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