Blood Brothers

Jun 26, 1975

1h 32m

★ 5.5

Overview

In 1864, American soldiers massacre a Cheyenne village at Sand Creek. Disgusted by the massacre, Harmonika, one of the soldiers, deserts the army and is captured by the Indians. At first, the Cheyenne hold him responsible for the murder of the wife and the son of their chief Grauer Esel, but soon Harmonika obtains the tribe′s confidence.

Genres

Western

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Harmonika

Dean Reed

Harter Felsen

Gojko Mitić

Rehkitz

Gisela Freudenberg

Joe

Jörg Panknin

Big Fred

Cornel Ispas

Grauer Elch

Toma Dimitriu

Bill Simmons

Iurie Darie

Leutnant

Alexandru Manea

Servierin

Sina Fiedler-Engel

1. Gast

Fred Ludwig

2. Gast

Pedro Hebenstreit

Frau von Simmons

Eugenia Bosânceanu

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