Eagle's Wing

• Martin Sheen: Pike
• Sam Waterston: White Bull
• Caroline Langrishe: Alice
• Stéphane Audran: The Widow
• Harvey Keitel: Henry
• John Castle: Priest
• Jorge Luke: Red Sky
• José Carlos Ruiz: Lame Wolf
• Manuel Ojeda: Miguel
• Jorge Russek: Gonzalo

Eagle wings (OT: Eagle's wing) is a British Western from 1979 Directed by Anthony Harvey film came on 18 September 1981 in GDR cinemas. .

Action

Pike, a former soldier, and Henry, an experienced trapper, pull together through New Mexico and set their traps. In an attack dies Henry, so that Pike has to fend for themselves. He can steal a Indian chief whose magnificent white horse eagle wings, it gets itself but by White Bull stolen again. He followed this and the horse.

A group of rich, impetuous White is attacked by Indians; White Bull takes the jewelry and the gold hand mirror the group itself and the young Alice as a hostage with them. Pike meets the spoiled, leaving her but because it the horse is important.

From a mission station starts a search party, which is to track down the missing group in the desert. White Bull they outwitted with a trail of jewels that they kill by hidden traps. Pike is unresponsive to the jewelry, because he wants to back only the horse. White Bull and Alice approach each other, but he is stopped by his hostage rapidly. He needs to finally put Pike in a duel, he can win though, but in which both are wounded. White Bull realizes that he can not keep the horse and Alice at the same time. He returns with the horse to his tribe and lets Pike and Alice back. Pike must understand that he on the fast horse and without Alice can not catch White Bull.

Criticism

" The based in the 40s of the 19th century plot has elements of Western, which are almost meaningless, however, given the metaphysical dimensions sought by the film. This corresponds dramaturgy and image design of the incomparably beautiful and strange landscape of New Mexico. "

The New York Times expressed little enthusiasm about the film, including " the very unindianische Waterston as Indians ," " quite well in their roles Insert the actor, but never make us forget the feeling of being quite out of place ." The deliberately limited to a few dialogues movie was but " in his silence just as oppressive as in the atmosphere thickened dialogue scenes ."