Sean Connery became world famous as James Bond, but he later played major roles in many other genres. However, the western film Shalako remained an absolute exception, which also always broadcast in edited form on television Now the uncut version is available in Germany on Blu-ray in HD with an additional DVD from July 5, 2024 and can be purchased on Amazon with four different cover variants as limited mediabook with bonus material can be pre-ordered *.
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This is what Shalako is about
In the western directed by Edward Dmytryk, a hunting party of European nobles around the young Countess Irina (Brigitte Bardot) and the Prussian officer Baron von Hallstatt (Peter van Eyck) accidentally end up in an Apache reservation towards the end of the 19th century. to a deadly battlebut the experienced trapper Shalako (Sean Connery) rushes to help and persuades the Apaches to give the group a day to move on.
But von Hallstatt arrogantly rejects the offer and so the group becomes huntedWhen the supposed leader Bosky Fulton (Stephen Boyd) turns out to be a bandit and relieves the group of provisions and horses, the situation seems hopeless, but Shalako is once again on hand to help, even though he has to face a duel of his own.
Shalako: Star cast and cuts
As Rotten Tomatoes, among others, points out, the British production based on a novel by western author Louis L’Amour has received rather mixed reviews. Due to its star ensemble, which also includes Pussy Galore actress Honor Blackman, known from Goldfinger, epic film legend Jack Hawkins and Woody Strode, Shalako for many Western fans still as cultThis was also due to the film’s sometimes extremely harsh nature, which, according to editing reports, led to cuts being made internationally.
In Germany, the cinema version with FSK 16 from September 1968 was already censored, while subsequent TV broadcasts were only shown in an edited version on free TV and there were even more cuts on VHS. It was not until the DVD premiere in 2020 that again unabridged and have subtitled the missing parts, as well as the new Blu-ray version, in German.
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