Ulzana

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.

Date of release
1974-05-16
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Western, Adventure
Director
Gottfried Kolditz
Collection
Ulzana Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Ulzana is a 1974 western film directed by Gottfried Kolditz and starring Gojko Mitic as Ulzana, Renate Blume and Rolf Hoppe. It is a Red Western, made as a co-production between East Germany, Romania and the Soviet Union. It is a sequel to the 1973 film Apachen.

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Röske. It was shot on location in Romania and Uzbekistan. The studio managed to purchase an English carriage from 1880 for DM 11,000, flown to Samarkand for filming and reassembled for the filming. It was destroyed after the production dropped it down a ravine.

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