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'''Ballata per un pistolero''' (Italy, West Germany 1967 / Director: Alfio Caltabiano) | '''Ballata per un pistolero''' (Italy, West Germany 1967 / Director: Alfio Caltabiano) | ||
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* [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | * [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | ||
* [[/OST|Soundtrack | * [[/OST|Soundtrack]] | ||
* [[/Pictures|Pictures]] | * [[/Pictures|Pictures]] | ||
* [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]] | |||
* [[Pistoleros review|Film Review]] | * [[Pistoleros review|Film Review]] | ||
* [[Pistoleros DVD Review (Wild East)|DVD Review]] | * [[Pistoleros DVD Review (Wild East)|DVD Review]] | ||
* [ | * [https://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/ballata-per-un-pistolero-pistoleros-1967-alfio-caltabiano/891 Forum topic] | ||
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*'''Runtime:''' 97 min | *'''Runtime:''' 97 min | ||
*'''Release Date:''' 19.4.1967 | *'''Release Date:''' 19.4.1967 | ||
*'''Filming Locations:''' Yugoslavia | *'''Filming Locations:''' Yugoslavia | ||
== Also known as == | == Also known as == | ||
Rocco - der Einzelgänger von Alamo (Germany) | Rocco - der Einzelgänger von Alamo (Germany) | Balada para um pistoleiro (Portugal) | Pistoleros (U.S.A.) | Pisotla nelle polvere (Italy) | Ballada de un pistolero (Spain) | Ballade d'un pistolero (France) | Tva mot alla (Sweden) | Ofthalmon anti ofthalmou (Greece) | Ringo, Pray to Your God and Die | Ballad of a Gunman | The Loner of the Alamo | ||
== Cast and crew == | == Cast and crew == | ||
*'''Cast:''' Dragomir Bojanic | *'''Cast:''' Dragomir Bojanic [as Anthony Ghidra](Rocco / Blackie), Angelo Infanti (Hud/Kud Nigros), Mario Novelli [as Anthony Freeman](Chiuchi / Chinchi), Alfio Caltabiano [as Al Northon](El Bedoja), Dante Maggio [as Dan May](Explosion / Knallgrosch), Monica Teuber (Maruja), Ivan Scratuglia, Lanfranco Ceccarelli (Allentown sheriff), Hermann Nelson (banker), Peter Jacob, Ellen Schwiers (Maruja's mother), Pietro Ceccarelli (Toro), Dragomir Stanojevic (Wheeler, Bedoja bandit), Fernando Sanchez Polack, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Nicola Balini | ||
*'''Story:''' Alfio Catlabiano | *'''Story:''' Alfio Catlabiano | ||
*'''Screenplay:''' Alfio Caltabiano, Ernest R. von Theumer | *'''Screenplay:''' Alfio Caltabiano, Ernest R. von Theumer | ||
*'''Cinematography:''' Guglielmo Mancori [Eastmancolor | *'''Cinematography:''' Guglielmo Mancori [Eastmancolor - Ultrascope 2,35:1] | ||
*'''Music:''' Marcello Giombini | *'''Music:''' [[:Category:Marcello Giombini|Marcello Giombini]] | ||
*'''Song:''' "Ballata per un pistolero" sung by Peppino Gagliardi | *'''Song:''' "Ballata per un pistolero" sung by [[:Category:Peppino Gagliardi|Peppino Gagliardi]] | ||
*'''Producers:''' Alfredo Nicolai, Ernest R. von Theumer | *'''Producers:''' Alfredo Nicolai, Ernest R. von Theumer | ||
==The Film== | ==The Film== | ||
Two bounty hunters are on the track of a notorious bandit, one is after the reward, the other one has a personal score to settle. The younger of the two (Infante) proposes a partnership, but the older one (Ghidra) refuses, ''because he hates bounty hunters''. Infante nevertheless stays on Ghidra’s track, even saving his life a few times | Two bounty hunters are on the track of a notorious bandit, one is after the reward, the other one has a personal score to settle. The younger of the two (Infante) proposes a partnership, but the older one (Ghidra) refuses, ''because he hates bounty hunters''. Infante nevertheless stays on Ghidra’s track, even saving his life a few times and finally Ghidra explains why he hates bounty hunters so much. | ||
==Comment== | ==Comment== | ||
At first this only seems a more violent retelling of For a few dollars More, but director Alfio Caltabiano surprises with a thoughtful, even religious movie, that is at the same time a comment on Leone’s masterpiece: he shows that bounty hunting was a dirty job and that the people doing it, couldn’t keep their hands clean. Ghidra and | At first this only seems a more violent retelling of For a few dollars More, but director Alfio Caltabiano surprises with a thoughtful, even religious movie, that is at the same time a comment on Leone’s masterpiece: he shows that bounty hunting was a dirty job and that the people doing it, couldn’t keep their hands clean. Ghidra and Infanti are a nice couple of bounty killers and obviously they have practiced quite a lot with the gun: especially Ghidra’s trick of ‘shooting behind his back’ is impressive. No wonder if you know that Caltabiano was one of the greatest ‘maestro d’armi’ (master of arms) of the Italian film industry of the sixties, along with Benito Stefanelli: those guys showed numerous actors how to handle a gun. - [[User:Scherpschutter|Scherpschutter]] | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
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* [http://spaghettiwesterns.1g.fi/pisto/leros.htm Review by Shobary] | * [http://spaghettiwesterns.1g.fi/pisto/leros.htm Review by Shobary] | ||
* [http://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.com/2009/10/ballata-per-un-pistolero-1967.html Review by Por um punhado de euros (Portuguese)] | * [http://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.com/2009/10/ballata-per-un-pistolero-1967.html Review by Por um punhado de euros (Portuguese)] | ||
* [http://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com/2012/04/balada-para-un-pistolero.html Review by 800 SW (Spain)] | |||
[[Category:1967]][[Category:Italy]][[Category:Germany]][[Category: | [[Category:1967]][[Category:Italy]][[Category:Germany]] | ||
[[Category:Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia]][[Category:Pietro Ceccarelli]] | [[Category:Alfio Caltabiano]][[Category:Marcello Giombini]][[Category:Guglielmo Mancori]] | ||
[[Category:Anthony Ghidra]][[Category:Mario Novelli]][[Category:Dante Maggio]][[Category:Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia]][[Category:Pietro Ceccarelli]] | |||
[[Category:Peppino Gagliardi]] | |||
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Revision as of 16:20, 19 August 2016
Ballata per un pistolero (Italy, West Germany 1967 / Director: Alfio Caltabiano)
- Runtime: 97 min
- Release Date: 19.4.1967
- Filming Locations: Yugoslavia
Also known as
Rocco - der Einzelgänger von Alamo (Germany) | Balada para um pistoleiro (Portugal) | Pistoleros (U.S.A.) | Pisotla nelle polvere (Italy) | Ballada de un pistolero (Spain) | Ballade d'un pistolero (France) | Tva mot alla (Sweden) | Ofthalmon anti ofthalmou (Greece) | Ringo, Pray to Your God and Die | Ballad of a Gunman | The Loner of the Alamo
Cast and crew
- Cast: Dragomir Bojanic [as Anthony Ghidra](Rocco / Blackie), Angelo Infanti (Hud/Kud Nigros), Mario Novelli [as Anthony Freeman](Chiuchi / Chinchi), Alfio Caltabiano [as Al Northon](El Bedoja), Dante Maggio [as Dan May](Explosion / Knallgrosch), Monica Teuber (Maruja), Ivan Scratuglia, Lanfranco Ceccarelli (Allentown sheriff), Hermann Nelson (banker), Peter Jacob, Ellen Schwiers (Maruja's mother), Pietro Ceccarelli (Toro), Dragomir Stanojevic (Wheeler, Bedoja bandit), Fernando Sanchez Polack, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Nicola Balini
- Story: Alfio Catlabiano
- Screenplay: Alfio Caltabiano, Ernest R. von Theumer
- Cinematography: Guglielmo Mancori [Eastmancolor - Ultrascope 2,35:1]
- Music: Marcello Giombini
- Song: "Ballata per un pistolero" sung by Peppino Gagliardi
- Producers: Alfredo Nicolai, Ernest R. von Theumer
The Film
Two bounty hunters are on the track of a notorious bandit, one is after the reward, the other one has a personal score to settle. The younger of the two (Infante) proposes a partnership, but the older one (Ghidra) refuses, because he hates bounty hunters. Infante nevertheless stays on Ghidra’s track, even saving his life a few times and finally Ghidra explains why he hates bounty hunters so much.
Comment
At first this only seems a more violent retelling of For a few dollars More, but director Alfio Caltabiano surprises with a thoughtful, even religious movie, that is at the same time a comment on Leone’s masterpiece: he shows that bounty hunting was a dirty job and that the people doing it, couldn’t keep their hands clean. Ghidra and Infanti are a nice couple of bounty killers and obviously they have practiced quite a lot with the gun: especially Ghidra’s trick of ‘shooting behind his back’ is impressive. No wonder if you know that Caltabiano was one of the greatest ‘maestro d’armi’ (master of arms) of the Italian film industry of the sixties, along with Benito Stefanelli: those guys showed numerous actors how to handle a gun. - Scherpschutter