Barbagia (film)

• Terence Hill: Graziano Cassitta
• Don Backy: Miguel Lopez
• Frank Wolff: Attorney Spina
• Gabriele Tinti: Nanni Ripari
• Rossana Martini Krisman: Signora Benedetto
• Ezio Sancrotti: Nino Benedetto
• Hélène Ronee: Anania
• Tano Cimarosa: Cartana
• Clelia Matania: Graziano's mother
• Franco Silva lawyer Arecu

The blue-eyed Bandit ( Original title: Barbagie (La società del malessere ) ) is an Italian film drama of 1969, staged the Carlo Lizzani with Terence Hill in the lead role. In the German speaking part of the film was only later, on 1 February 1974 and also evaluated shortened, also titled Cursed for all eternity.

Action

The young shepherd Cassitta Graziano was, as usual, in Sardinia, trained to maintain the honor as the greatest good. When he avenges the murder of his brother, he is sentenced to imprisonment, but can escape. With his escape companions Miguel Lopez he takes in the rugged mountains of Supra Monte refuge. Supported by the dishonest lawyer Spina, he builds there on a gang and organized kidnappings to extort ransoms.

The police do unsuccessfully searching for Cassitta which is his deeds glosses socially critical and so enormously popular and eventually rises to a leader of a separatist movement. Thus he Spina is too powerful, which is now trying to get rid of him; Cassitta, performance- blinded, makes a mistake when he kidnaps the average citizen Nino Benedetti. The act also brings segments of the population against him, whereupon his men put its leadership position in question.

The police attacked the group; Miguel is killed. Once again able to escape Cassitta; but shortly afterwards he is still arrested.

Criticism

C. Bertieri certified the film to take a careful look at a region of Italy that is far removed from the life opportunities of the industry-related areas; Tullio Kezich described the work of the neo-realists Lizzani as " compelling and useful pamphlet and an example of dramatized good journalism ".

The German critics were less enthusiastic. The forward Popularity Hills marketing also raised false expectations, this was changed with the synchronization of the character of the film. " The German version does once again their very best to make the film appear in a negative light. Thus Hills usual voice actors kalauert so annoying about the soundtrack that quite tragic intentioned actions to force lose, "writes example Karsten Thura in the gangster film inventory " The terror directed "To the lexicon of international film concludes: " Thought as a reflection of behaviors that result from social maladjustments. In the embodiment, however, a blend of rebel epic semi documentation and spaghetti westerns; the socially critical intentions Lizzanis be subordinated to the effect stressed entertainment. "

Comments

Screenplay based on the novel " La società del malessere " by Giuseppe Fiori.

Film songs are " Ballate per una Balente " sung by Don Backy, and " Applausi ", interpreted by Camaleonti.

Synchronization

• Narrator: Joachim Cadenbach
• Terence Hill: Thomas Dannenberg
• Don Backy: Joachim Tennstedt
• Frank Wolff: Christian Rode
• Gabriele Tinti: Ronald Nitschke
• Ezio Sancrotti: Hans Nitschke
• Tano Cimarosa: Frederick G. Beck House