The Sons of Great Bear (1966)

Original title

Die Söhne der großen Bärin

Directed by

Josef Mach

Genre

Western film

Country

German Democratic Republic, Germany

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

12

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Native American chief leads his people in a struggle against white settlers who threaten their land. The film focuses on the conflict from the perspective of the Indigenous side.

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What happens

The Sons of Great Bear (German: Die Söhne der großen Bärin; literally, The Sons of the Great She-Bear) is a 1966 East German Western film, directed by the Czechoslovak filmmaker Josef Mach and starring the Yugoslav actor Gojko Mitić in the leading role of Tokei-ihto. The script was adapted from the eponymous series of novels by author Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich, and the music composed by Wilhelm Neef. The picture is a revisionist Western, pioneering the genre of the Ostern, and emphasises the positive portrayal of Native Americans, while presenting the Whites as antagonists. It is one of the most successful pictures produced by the DEFA film studio, known for its series of "Indian films". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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