Ulzana

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Gottfried Kolditz

Writers

Gottfried Kolditz, Gojko Mitić

Language

German

Country

Romania, Soviet Union, East Germany

Release date

16 May 1974

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Gojko Mitić

  Ulzana

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  Renate Blume

  Leona

• 

  Rolf Hoppe

  Captain Burton

• 

  Colea Răutu

  Nana

• 

  Paul Berndt

  Wardley, Tucson-Reiter

• 

  Amza Pellea

  General Crook

• 

  Fred Delmare

  Bob Tribolett

• 

  Alfred Struwe

  Aldrigton

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  Hannjo Hasse

  Der Herr aus Washington

• 

  Werner Dissel

  Mexikanischer Arzt

• Fritz Mohr

  Sergeant Winter

• 

  Klaus Gehrke

  Ball