Carlos (1971 film)

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Carlos
Directed byHans W. Geißendörfer
Screenplay byHans W. Geißendörfer
Bernd Fiedler
Produced byErnst Liesenhoff
Hellmut Haffner
Günther Witte
StarringGottfried John
Anna Karina
CinematographyRobby Müller
Edited byWolfgang Hedinger
Music byErnst Brandner
Production
companies
Iduna Film
BR
WDR
Release date
  • 23 November 1971 (1971-11-23)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Carlos is a 1971 West German Western television film, which has transplanted the story of Friedrich Schiller's play Don Carlos from 16th century Spain to a 1915 American Western style environment. According to some the setting should be somewhere in southern Europe,[1][2] while others claim it's somewhere in the southwestern United States.[3][4] Due to complicated contracts and shooting problems, it never had the theatrical release that was intended, and was instead shown on German TV. It was directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer, who also wrote the screenplay, and stars Gottfried John and Anna Karina.

The film was shot in Eilat in Israel, with several Israelis participating in smaller roles and as extras.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Westerns all'Italiana: Carlos (TV film) Linked 2012-10-20
  2. ^ Zweitausendeins Movie Encyclopedia: Carlos Google English machine translation linked 20 October 2012
  3. ^ The Spaghetti Western Database: Carlos Linked 2012-10-20
  4. ^ Zeit Online: Schiller als Italo-Western Linked 2012-10-20

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